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Chris Martin

Past exhibition
October 9 - November 15, 2014
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Overview
Chris Martin Garden at 11 Munn Street #3, 2014 Oil, acrylic and glitter on canvas 96 1/4 x 78 1/4 inches (244.5 x 198.8 cm)
Chris Martin
Garden at 11 Munn Street #3, 2014
Oil, acrylic and glitter on canvas
96 1/4 x 78 1/4 inches
(244.5 x 198.8 cm)

It is our great pleasure to announce the representation and first exhibition of New York painter Chris Martin at Anton Kern Gallery. His first show will consist of a selection of new paintings created over the past summer in upstate New York. These works, as the writer Bob Nickas describes them in the accompanying book, present "sun-dried paintings and glitter in the rain."

 

Martin, whose career spans over three decades, continues to create bold, glittering paintings, each animated by undulating forms, radiating landscapes, and electric hues. Despite their immediate spectacle and immense scale (he connects canvases together to produce several of these larger works), the paintings exude a human grounded-ness that seems to stem directly from Martin’s connection to nature, rock & roll, street art, and a dedication to material experimentation.

 

Nothing and everything is sacred: Martin’s abstract forms offer a sense of mystical clairvoyance condensed into the profane, or vice versa. The paintings present a mesmerizing collision of formal geometries and diagram-like grids with cut-outs of dead pop stars, flashy cars, old records buried under layers of paint, and large amounts of holographic glitter (produced specifically for showgirls in Las Vegas). Consequently, Chris Martin’s paintings prove to be masterfully ambidextrous; one is able to fully experience their presence from a great distance or up-close, indoors or outdoors, in a state of spiritual transcendence or casual play.

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List of Works
Installation Views
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Entry into the gallery. Few works shown,
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. A few works featured.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Three of Martin's ethereal landscapes.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. A few works featured in this view.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Some of Martin's work featured.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. A distanced view of the show.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Two works present.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Many works featured.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Space is the Place featured here.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. A night shot of the gallery's exterior with Chris Martin's work overhead.
  • Installation view of Chris Martin's first solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, featuring a select few paintings from a summer of working in Upstate New York. Another view of the exterior of the gallery.
Works
  • Chris Martin Tree, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Tree, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin Chameleon, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Chameleon, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin The Music of Love, 2013 - 2014
    Chris Martin
    The Music of Love, 2013 - 2014
  • Chris Martin Garden at 11 Munn Street #3, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Garden at 11 Munn Street #3, 2014
  • Chris Martin Late Afternoon in Bessemer Alabama, 2013 - 2014
    Chris Martin
    Late Afternoon in Bessemer Alabama, 2013 - 2014
  • Chris Martin Dream Buffalo (for Frank Moore), 2014
    Chris Martin
    Dream Buffalo (for Frank Moore), 2014
  • Chris Martin Seven (Pink and Blue), 2014
    Chris Martin
    Seven (Pink and Blue), 2014
  • Chris Martin Seven (Black and White), 2014
    Chris Martin
    Seven (Black and White), 2014
  • Chris Martin Shining Forth for George, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Shining Forth for George, 2014
  • Chris Martin King of the Road, 2014
    Chris Martin
    King of the Road, 2014
  • Chris Martin Strange Brew, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Strange Brew, 2014
  • Chris Martin Paleocene Sunset, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Paleocene Sunset, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin Untitled, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Untitled, 2014
  • Chris Martin Raymond's Favorite, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Raymond's Favorite, 2014
  • Chris Martin California, 2012-2014
    Chris Martin
    California, 2012-2014
  • Chris Martin Turn Up the Volume, 2012-2014
    Chris Martin
    Turn Up the Volume, 2012-2014
  • Chris Martin Little Pink Seven, 2014
    Chris Martin
    Little Pink Seven, 2014
  • Chris Martin Red and Black, 2009 - 2014
    Chris Martin
    Red and Black, 2009 - 2014
  • Chris Martin Ancient Astronaut Theorist Believe, 2013- 2014
    Chris Martin
    Ancient Astronaut Theorist Believe, 2013- 2014
  • Chris Martin Garden at 11 Munn Street #5, 2009-2014
    Chris Martin
    Garden at 11 Munn Street #5, 2009-2014
Press
  • The Lookout: Chris Martin

    Brian Boucher, Art in America, November 15, 2014
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  • Review: Chris Martin

    Howard Halle, Time Out New York, November 1, 2014
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  • Must-see Painting Shows

    Steven Zevitas, The Huffington Post, November 1, 2014
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  • Artseen: Chris Martin

    Phong Bui, The Brooklyn Rail, October 1, 2014
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