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JoAnne Artman Gallery opens exhibition of works by America Martin |
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NEW YORK, NY.- America Martins compositions of poetic juxtapositions conjure a story, with the figure as a central focal point for much of the framework. Strikingly bold, the expressive lines of Martins work are an assimilation of light, color, movement and form with a unique emphasis on the narrative. The imagery is familiar and transportive, steeped in personal mythology and deeply allegorical. JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present a new body of work rooted in Martins unique approach in exploring the human form and its context.
New York Figurative Expressionism of the 1950s laid much of the groundwork for the re-introduction of figurative painting as a predominant mode of expression. On the heels of the pure abstraction school of thought headed by Hans Hoffman, as well as the process of gestural abstraction, came a re-emergence of figurative painters. Like the still life genre in early modernism, the figure proved to be fertile ground for exploring the teachings of expressionism through color relationships, pictorial structure and spatial illusion. Martins work speaks to this legacy of utilizing the bodys formal qualities as attuned elements of precision and control, in other words a vehicle, for more visceral aspects of her artistic practice.
By turns exhilaratingly fluid and densely rich, the works explore the framework of figuration, portraiture, as well as the bodys environments. New modes of expression emerge from continued internal and formal investigations, informed as well as characterized by Martins Colombian heritage with a focus on form, narrative and the symbolic.
America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a painter and a sculptor. The magnetic pull of Martin's work is authentic, generated by both her ability to express a unique gesture that speaks to a universal truth (thus, we recognize it instantly) and her exceptional skill at rendering that truth via the human form. She pulls from the stylistic lessons of the classics and its derivations with indigenous subject matter, while redefining what it is to combine abstract and indigenous motifs.
Martins art and personality encapsulate a sense of enthusiasm and hope. While born in the US, the roots of Americas Colombian heritage deeply penetrate her work. People are Martins dominant subject. They are large in size, vivacious and accessible, and seem to burst out of the limits of each canvas or sculpture. Within this pulsating interplay of color, texture, line, and shape there is always Americas signature expression that identifies each work as an America Martin.
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