rodolphe janssen to present Matthew Hansel solo booth at The Armory Show

rodolphe janssen announced its sixth participation at The Armory Show in September 2026 with a solo project by Matthew Hansel (born 1977, Front Royal, VA, USA; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA), who presents a series of new paintings. In his 1891 essay entitled, “The Critic as Artist”, Oscar Wilde wrote, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Wilde asserts that people are unreliable narrators when restricted by the confines of selfhood. It is necessary then, that we find a way to subvert the self, so that we may be free from convention and express ourselves fully. It is the use of the mask (literal or figurative) that shields us and offers us protection from the world around us; from the norms, customs and mores of our time. These masks are part costume and part armor. We