A Night in New York City
Acrylic on Masonite
17" x 40"

A Night in New York City

Acrylic on Masonite
17" x 40"

The Small Dock in Sound View, Bx
Acrylic on Masonite
12" x 36"

The Small Dock in Sound View, Bx

Acrylic on Masonite
12" x 36"

An Afternoon in Central Park
Acrylic on Masonite
24" x 18"

An Afternoon in Central Park

Acrylic on Masonite
24" x 18"

Christian Martinez

Subjective Realities
April 18 - May 8, 2008

Reception: Thursday April 24, 2008 6-8 PM

Press Release

Christian Martinez welcomes the viewer into his paintings with a adroit use of perspectival recession, beckoning us to step onto the freshly rained upon streets of his youth in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

With the agility of a George Seurat, he bathes memories of his adolescents in a palette of indigoes and sapphires to evoke an unmistakable longing and nostalgia. Martinez' artworks reflect his country's landscape, as well as the modern urban life wherein the human subject is immersed. Centering on subjects which reflect not only his own yearnings but also those of the people closest to him, he strives to paint the pictures that will elicit that look of shared longing in his viewer's eyes. "His works display wet areas after a rain fall, the reflection of lights on the roads, areas with nightfall, others during the day, the architecture, trees, and the shadow they produce to create an atmosphere seen in any city [in the world]."

A graduate of Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico, Martinez is now a Professor in Drawing and Painting classes at the same university.

Invitation to the exhibition | View the catalog page

Время работы: Вторник-Суббота, 11-18 Адрес: 530 West 25th Street, New York Tel. (212) 226 - 4151
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Artists in this exhibition

Kerin McBride | Anne Persson Lucenius | Hein van Houten | Christian Martinez