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Chris Martin. Staring into the Sun
\nKunsthalle Du\u0308sseldorf
\nMit Elodie Evers, Gregor Jansen, Alexander Koch, Lars Bang Larsen, Bob Nickas
\nKonzept: Elodie Evers, Alexander Koch
\nGestaltung: Alexander Koch
\nHerausgeber: Gregor Jansen
\nVerlag der Buchhandlung Walther K\u00f6nig, K\u00f6ln 2011
\nISBN: 978-3-86335-091-8<\/p>\n
Gregor Jansen: Good Morning Chris Martin
\nAlexander Koch: Schmutz, der die Sonne f\u00e4ngt. Chris Martins sozialer Horizont einer spirituellen Abstraktion
\nElodie Evers: Ein Gespr\u00e4ch mit Chris Martin
\nBob Nickas: Chris Martin: Vor dem geistigen Auge
\nLars Bang Larsen: Konkret Psychedelisches
\nGregor Jansen: Statt eines Nachworts. Chris Martin im R\u00fcckblick (auf 1963)<\/p>\n
“The Kunst\u00adhal\u00adle is show\u00ading the first in\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal ex\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon outside the United Sta\u00adtes of the Ame\u00adri\u00adcan pain\u00adter Chris Mar\u00adtin (born 1954, Wa\u00adshing\u00adton D.C.). Mar\u00adtin has re\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly paid his re\u00adspects to che\u00adris\u00adhed ar\u00adtist col\u00adle\u00adagues from the fields of pain\u00adting and mu\u00adsic sin\u00adce the mid 1990s: Pop gre\u00adats as well as tho\u00adse who work at or bey\u00adond the bo\u00adun\u00adda\u00adries of the zeit\u00adgeist. In so\u00adme ca\u00adses, li\u00adke Micha\u00adel Jack\u00adson, Ja\u00admes Brown or Frank Moo\u00adre, who con\u00adcei\u00adved the red Aids rib\u00adbon, the pic\u00adtu\u00adres we\u00adre promp\u00adted by their de\u00adaths. Such de\u00addi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons pla\u00adced Mar\u00adtin\u2019s ex\u00adpan\u00adsi\u00adve compo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons on the fo\u00adun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon of a so\u00adci\u00adal frame of re\u00adfe\u00adrence, are ge\u00adstu\u00adres of re\u00adver\u00adence and so\u00adli\u00adda\u00adri\u00adty. At the sa\u00adme ti\u00adme, they break wi\u00adth the pu\u00adri\u00adty re\u00adqui\u00adre\u00adments of co\u00adlour field pain\u00adting and mo\u00adno\u00adchro\u00adme pain\u00adting. The na\u00admes stand awk\u00adward\u00adly and co\u00adar\u00adse\u00adly in the pic\u00adtu\u00adre space im\u00adme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly ad\u00adja\u00adcent to pas\u00adted on co\u00adins, LPs, bana\u00adna peels and news\u00adpa\u00adper ar\u00adti\u00adcles. De\u00ads\u00adpi\u00adte the cru\u00adde, tho\u00adrough\u00adly mun\u00adda\u00adne pic\u00adtu\u00adre sur\u00adfaces, Mar\u00adtin\u2019s work has drawn for over 30 ye\u00adars on va\u00adrious tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons of spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal ab\u00adstrac\u00adtion, for which New York, whe\u00adre Mar\u00adtin has be\u00aden li\u00adving sin\u00adce 1975, was the melting pot.<\/p>\n
The ex\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon cu\u00adra\u00adted by Elo\u00addie Evers and Gre\u00adgor Jan\u00adson con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adtes par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly on the ear\u00adly works that ha\u00adve ne\u00adver be\u00adfo\u00adre be\u00aden shown in such a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve form. They in\u00adclu\u00adde the mo\u00adno\u00adchro\u00adme \u201cBlack Pain\u00adtings\u201d in which the il\u00adlu\u00adsi\u00adon of space is sug\u00adgested wi\u00adth on\u00adly a few white li\u00adnes. \u201cHe\u00adre\u201d can be se\u00aden as a key work in this group. A geo\u00adme\u00adtri\u00adcal cu\u00adbe in drawn on the cent\u00adre of a 12-squa\u00adre met\u00adre lar\u00adge black ground that rests on a ho\u00adri\u00adzon li\u00adne that leads the view\u00ader\u2019s glan\u00adce off in\u00adto the depths as if through a win\u00addow. Par\u00adal\u00adlel to the\u00adse lar\u00adge-for\u00admat pain\u00adtings in which Mar\u00adtin al\u00adso in\u00adte\u00adgra\u00adted his art the\u00adra\u00adpeu\u00adtic work wi\u00adth HIV-in\u00adfec\u00adted pa\u00adti\u00adents, the pain\u00adter pro\u00addu\u00adced small-for\u00admat co\u00adlou\u00adred can\u00adva\u00adses. In them he draws on Chris\u00adti\u00adan mys\u00adti\u00adcism and an\u00adthro\u00adpo\u00adso\u00adphi\u00adcal sym\u00adbols as well as the \u201cspi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal land\u00adscapes\u201d of the North Ame\u00adri\u00adcan roman\u00adti\u00adcism that is litt\u00adle known in Eu\u00adro\u00adpe.<\/p>\n
The pain\u00adtings are cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adsed by en\u00ader\u00adgy, in\u00adten\u00adsi\u00adty and pro\u00adfun\u00addi\u00adty. The pain\u00adting \u201cSta\u00adring in\u00adto the Sun\u201d ma\u00adde for D\u00fcs\u00adsel\u00addorf that con\u00adsists of three pa\u00adnels, de\u00adpicts a sta\u00adble and power\u00adful com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon that stret\u00adches from the wall to the floor. It is an exag\u00adge\u00adra\u00adted light re\u00adflec\u00adtion in shim\u00adme\u00adring yel\u00adlow and red\u00addish oran\u00adge hu\u00ades that re\u00adveals Mar\u00adtin\u2019s en\u00adthu\u00adsi\u00adasm for si\u00adze and pro\u00adpor\u00adti\u00adons as re\u00adla\u00adted to the hu\u00adman bo\u00addy, cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading the view\u00ader through its sculp\u00adtu\u00adral im\u00adpres\u00adsi\u00adon. Mar\u00adtin com\u00adpre\u00adhends his pain\u00adtings as ob\u00adjects wi\u00adth a li\u00adfe of their own that do not re\u00adqui\u00adre the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of the Whi\u00adte Cu\u00adbe\u2019s holy spaces. His works hang on buil\u00adding fa\u00adca\u00addes or in trees. The Kunst\u00adhal\u00adle ex\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon al\u00adso ex\u00adtends to the out\u00addoors, de\u00admons\u00adtra\u00adting of all pla\u00adces in the sanc\u00adtua\u00adry of mo\u00addern ab\u00adstrac\u00adtion \u2013 the aest\u00adhe\u00adtic of the sub\u00adli\u00adme \u2013 how va\u00adlid the Pop Art le\u00adga\u00adcy, the fu\u00adsi\u00adon of high and low cul\u00adtu\u00adre and the tri\u00advia\u00adliza\u00adt\u00adi\u00adon of the pic\u00adtu\u00adre can be.<\/p>\n
The first com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve ex\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon ca\u00adta\u00adlo\u00adgue, fea\u00adturing nu\u00adme\u00adrous co\u00adlour il\u00adlus\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adons, es\u00adsays by Gre\u00adgor Jan\u00adsen, Alex\u00adan\u00adder Koch, Bob Nick\u00adas, Lars Bang Lar\u00adsen, and a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon wi\u00adth Chris Mar\u00adtin and Elo\u00addie Evers, will be pu\u00adblis\u00adhed by Ver\u00adlag der Buch\u00adhand\u00adlung Walt\u00adher K\u00f6\u00adnig.” (Text: Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Als Galerist von Chris Martin kenne ich sein Werk wie nur wenige. An seiner ersten Retrospektive konnte ich mitwirken und dann auch den Katalog konzipieren und selbst gestalten.
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