Drawing on inspiration from Buddhism to Amy Winehouse, Chris Martin -lets the paintings make themselves- and creates bold abstract works that explore the unknowable psychological tendencies of art. His canvases are characterized by flat-yet-textured planes of saturated color, and... will often incorporate found materials and highly personal paper ephemera. Works such as Untitled (2013) demonstrate the influence of Pablo Picasso's collages, and his canvases' strong geometries also elaborate a self-proclaimed attachment to Piet Mondrian. Martin's practice came of age in 1980s New York, which saw the explosion of the East Village art scene, led by Keith Haring. This is the first internationally important monograph on the artist which collects essays by Glenn O'Brien, Nancy Princenthal, Trinie Dalton and Dan Nadel.
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ISBN |
9788857234748 |
Released NZ |
1 Feb 2018 |
Publisher |
Skira |
Format |
Hardback |
Availability |
1 In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays
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ISBN-13 |
9788857234748 |
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Stock |
Available |
Status |
In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays |
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Publisher |
Skira |
Imprint |
Skira |
Released |
1 Feb 2018
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Publication Country |
Italy |
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Format |
Hardback
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Author(s) |
By Nadel, Dan By Princenthal, Nancy By Dalton, Trinie |
Category |
Individual Artists
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Number of Pages |
320 |
Dimensions |
Not specified |
Dewey Code |
759.13 |
Weight |
2,050g |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
NZ Review |
Labyrinthine paints at times avoke constellations or maps, with glued-in found images serving as quasi-cultural guideposts in an imaginary place that neither claims nor denies its existence.--BOMB |
UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 1 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
Nancy Princenthal is a New York-based writer. A former senior editor of Art in America, where she remains a contributing editor, she has also written for the New York Times, Parkett, the Village Voice, and many other publications. She is currently on the faculty of the MFA art writing program at the School of Visual Arts. Her previous book, Agnes Martin, won 2016 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld award for biography.
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