Beautiful/Decay:
Eddie Martinez invited Beautiful/Decay over to his sunny Brooklyn studio to check out his new body of work. The next day the show was headed to Berlin, so it was excellent to get to talk to Eddie before the work shipped. I was able to take pics for over an hour while Martinez came in and out of the studio space. Martinez had shelves built to hold the work at nice heights, making it easier to get up close and examine the paintings. The reason I like Martinez's work is that it doesn't try to mimic reality, but instead the work represents reality. It works sort of the way a great story functions: there is a language which uncovers something hidden or reveals something new about the world. As far as we know, human beings are the only creatures which live with a sense of time. Because we are bound to our own time, each generation needs people who show us back to ourselves, which in turn allows us to conceptualize ourselves and the world. I think this is what Martinez is doing, and without a doubt his work does that for me. The show, Seeker, opens November 11th at Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin. (Via Beautiful/Decay)
Beautiful/Decay Studio Visit: Eddie Martinez
All photos courtesy of Beautiful/Decay