Ritchie locates patterns in an unpredictable universe with garden and flood serving as metaphors for growth and destructionRenowned New Yorkbased interdisciplinary artist Matthew Ritchie born 1964 seeks to visualize thought connecting such fields as philosophy and mythology epic poetry and science fiction and history and physics through installations of paintings wall drawings light boxes games sculpture films and performance works. His works challenge social fragmentation by suggesting a unified theory of everything.Published for an exhibition at the Frist Art Museum A Garden in the Flood examines a selection of his paintings architectural structures elaborate diagrams and hallucinatory video animations which notably include a collaboration with the Grammy Awardwinning Fisk Jubilee Singers.