Eddie Martinez, inside thoughts / text by Phyllis Tuchman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuchman, Phyllis, author.

Contributor:

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martinez, Eddie, 1977---Exhibitions.

Martinez, Eddie.

Martinez, Eddie, 1977-.

Painting, American--21st century--Exhibitions.

Painting, American.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

74 pages : color illustrations ; 31 x 25 cm

Other Title:

Inside thoughts

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Mitchell-Innes & Nash, [2021]

Summary:

Martinez's latest group of paintings, many executed during the lockdown of 2020, are works in which he practically takes stock of all he has thus far achieved in his art. They reveal, too, a new mastery of his skills and ideas. The themes are still rooted in tradition and art historical precedents, yet are expressed with a contemporary sensibility. As for representational imagery and abstract principles, that dialogue continues. Martinez has returned once again to an art dominated by people, places and things. Take the heads that he has rendered in black and white. They're summarily depicted yet so familiar. Look again and you'll notice that the artist is breaking the rules of composition. In the context of so many colorful canvases, the White Outs stand out as exercises in looking as we peer to discern what has been portrayed. There are heads to decipher as well as things (flowers in a vase). Three people are seated at a table in their Sunday best. The woman has on a hat; the man is in shirtsleeves held together by cuff links. Check off two categories. They're gathered with foodstuffs arranged like still lifes.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash January 21-February 27, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Martinez, Eddie, 1977- Works. Selections.

ISBN:

1734405236

9781734405231

OCLC:

1256541651