Match America, Case Conover, 2004, Matchsticks/Cardboard, 61"x41"x4"
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Match America was included in the juried exhibition On a Pedestal and Off the Wall at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, OH in 2007. Highlights of reviews of Match America:
[A] very impressive sculpture is Case Conover's Match America, a cardboard map of the United States covered in nothing but red matchstick tips. The amount of time that was put into this piece can only be imagined, but the effect can be seen from across the room. A drastic statement about the artist's view on politics, Match America reigns as one of the most affecting pieces in the entire gallery.
—Cory Hershberger, The Observer, April 6, 2007
No less powerful is Case Conover's Match America. This 3-D map of the U.S., made of matchstick tips, eliminates blue states entirely, brilliantly portraying the entire country as one more-or-less monochromatic swath of red — one that could, incidentally, burst into flames at the slightest provocation.
—Zachary Lewis, The Cleveland Scene, March 21, 2007