• Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 30 2023

    Just ordinary life

    There are weeks where not much happens and they are quickly told. And they also happen in such exciting places as New York or Fire Island. This week is one of those.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 29 2023

    The (almost) perfect Fire Island life

    This week I was caught up in the rhythm of island life. Surrounded by water, the rest of the world seems infinitely distant there. I found to myself, lived just for the moment and became open for new, creative ideas.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 28 2023

    What a difference a day makes

    My summer in New York is always a time of extremes. An alternation between the hectic cosmopolitan city, with its impulsive energy and bustling life, on the one hand, and the seclusion of Fire Island on the other: peaceful nature, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, without cars, without stress, just sand, ocean, sky.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 27 2023

    From Basel to Paradise

    Then it was there, the week of departure, the week of Adieu Basel and Hi there New York. In the end everything went very fast and I found myself physically faster in my other reality than my mind could follow first.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 26 2023

    Preparation Week

    This is my last week in Basel and while I’m working off my todo lists and constantly making new lists, I’m trying to enjoy the time here again to the fullest.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 25 2023

    Summer Solstice

    My Basel summer is in full swing and this week we reached the longest day of the year. Like every peak, this one is also based on the realization that things are now going downhill again.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 24 2023

    The most perfect summer week

    I can’t complain about my life and every morning I look forward to the day ahead. But there are weeks that are a little more special than others and days that I look forward to especially. Last week was once again such a moment with ArtBasel taking place in the city.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 10 2023

    Back to reality number one

    The trip from New York to Basel is always the most difficult of the travel constellations that occur in my life between New York and Basel. It almost always also means saying goodbye to my partner for several months, making the already difficult parting from The Big City that so much more difficult.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 07 2023

    Everyday’s life and New Jersey

    The last two weeks have kind of blended together seamlessly. I found the days of the first week somehow too trivial to fill a blog post with. So there’s no overview of week 6. Although I did snap a few pictures that were taken while jogging in Central Park.

  • Matthias Maier | Blog | Week 05 2023

    Hopperesque days

    Living in New York sometimes puts a little pressure on me. Though every time I come, I am spending several weeks here, it subconsciously feels like a limited period of time to me.

  • Matthias Maier | Moving on

    Moving on

    After the break due to a cold, I finally had a week in which things got going and in which there was also time for some New York city life. I’ve been thinking about connections and am making preparations for the first paintings I am going to realize in New York.

  • Matthias Maier | Collage | Week 03 2023

    Time out

    This week is quickly told. I caught a cold and spent it mostly home and with a tissue in front of my face. So all came to a rest for a while.

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    Arriving

    The first full week in New York was all about arriving. Overcoming jet lag, getting into the rhythm and taking in the new studio. In addition a little bit of sightseeing.

  • Matthias Maier | Week 01 2023 - Transition Week

    Transition week

    The first week of the new year was marked by transitions. On the one hand by the temporal transition from 2022 to 2023, but mainly by my personal change of location from Basel to New York.

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