Eddie Martinez
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Works
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Eddie MartinezBufly No. 21 (Red Alert)2023Oil, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas72 1⁄2 x 60 1⁄2 in. (184.2 x 153.7 cm)
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Eddie MartinezUntitled2023Acrylic, oil and spray paint on linen60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
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Eddie MartinezUntitled2022Acrylic and marker on paper22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
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Eddie MartinezBig Blue Blockhead2018 - 2019Oil, acrylic, spray paint, silkscreen ink, collaged canvas, and thumbtack on canvas in the artist’s frame
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Eddie MartinezChristmas in July2016Oil, acrylic, spray paint, silkscreen ink, and enamel on paper108 x 144 1⁄8 in. (274.3 x 365.8 cm)
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Eddie MartinezClune2016Edition 1 of 5Oil, spray paint, and enamel on bronze11 7⁄8 x 13 x 6 3⁄8 in. (30 x 33 x 16 cm)
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Eddie MartinezMandala #6 (Western)2016Oil, spray paint, silkscreen ink, and enamel on canvas120 x 96 in. (304.8 x 243.8 cm)
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Eddie MartinezUntitled2016Oil, acrylic, ink, enamel, crayon, and alkyd on paper22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Framed: 23 7⁄8 x 31 3⁄4 in. (60.5 x 80.5 cm) -
Eddie MartinezIsland I2014Oil, spray paint, enamel, collaged baby wipe, and computer printout on canvas72 x 108 in. (182.8 x 274.3 cm)
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Biography
I don’t want anyone to feel obligated to think anything. I don’t have anything in particular in the work I want people to see, I want it all to be interpreted.
Eddie Martinez (b. 1977, Groton, Connecticut) is an American painter and sculptor who lives and works in Brooklyn. Martinez is best known for his large-scale wall works incorporating figuration and abstraction, painting and drawing, which foreground his signature muscular brushwork. The artist frequently places his forms and figures against monochrome backgrounds that serve to delineate and emphasize his urgent strokes. His paintings incorporate bold contours through the combination of mediums such as oil, enamel, and spray paint, and often include collaged found objects. Martinez additionally utilizes these scavenged objects in the construction of three-dimensional works, combining and casting them in bronze. The resulting sculptures recall the exuberant forms that dominate his canvases.
Martinez’s practice draws from a deep understanding of painting’s histories, and his pieces are dense with references to canonical artworks as well as those with personal relevance. Many of the artist’s works recall CoBrA and action painting, while others signal to the ominously cartoonish late-career work of Philip Guston. New York Times’ critic Roberta Smith has described his style as “a kind of updated, liberated Neo-Expressionism.” In 2018, Martinez debuted a body of new work titled ‘White Outs’ at the Bronx Museum in New York; he followed this with another major institutional presentation, ‘Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in 2019.
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Exhibitions
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Eddie Martinez
Enough 12 October - 18 November 2023 LondonThe artist's third exhibition at Timothy Taylor in London features nine large-scale paintings.View More -
A Thing for the Mind
7 July - 19 August 2022 LondonSix decades after Philip Guston (1913 – 1980) first shocked the art world, the sweeping ambition of his vision continues to reshape the realm of the possible for artists who have followed in his wake. His paintings blend a precise vocabulary of concerns then without precedent in American painting: mundane domestic objects, body parts and cityscapes within abstract fields of paint. As humorous and personal as they are politically incisive, his paintings draw a vivid picture of Guston’s own muddled dreamscape of fears and anxieties as well as of society’s worst impulses.View More -
A New Way of Walking
7 June - 28 July 2018 LondonFor the summer season, Timothy Taylor is pleased to announce the group exhibition A New Way of Walking, which brings together an eclectic mix of artists and works all united by an interest in the impact of the surrounding environment on the individual. In the 1950’s, the theorist Guy Debord defined the term psychogeography to represent enquiries into the impact of geographical location upon the emotions and behaviour of conscious beings.View More -
Eddie Martinez
Cowboy Town 30 March - 6 May 2017 LondonTimothy Taylor is very pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Eddie Martinez, the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery.View More -
Substance
18 July - 14 August 2015 LondonContinuing its Philip Guston season, Timothy Taylor is pleased to announce the group exhibition Substance, which takes as its point of departure the “meat and potatoes” of Guston’s layered, visceral paintings – coined by Mark Leckey in his Cinema in the Round (2008) – and then goes on to explore the idea of substance in art from different points of view.View More -
Eddie Martinez
Island I 13 October - 8 November 2014 LondonTimothy Taylor Gallery is very pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by New York-based artist Eddie Martinez. Coinciding with London’s annual Frieze Week, this is the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery.View More
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Institutional
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Eddie Martinez at Parrish Art Museum
Water Mill, NY 30 June – 29 September 2024Celebrated for his bright, bold, and colorful paintings, Eddie Martinez will present a new body of work made specifically for the Parrish. Taking full advantage of the Museum’s expansive space... -
Eddie Martinez: to be continued
Space K, Seoul 14 March – 16 June 2024Space K Seoul presents a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Eddie Martinez . The exhibition, titled 《to be continued》, sheds light on the artist’s oeuvre, which effortlessly fuses figuration and... -
Eddie Martinez in 50 Paintings
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin 17 November 2023 – 23 June 2024The landmark survey 50 Paintings features works created within the last five years by 50 international artists, highlighting the artistic trends in practice today. With paintings by artists including Amy... -
Eddie Martinez in The Cuteness Factor
Ludwig Museum, Budapest 6 June – 12 November 2023Cuteness first appeared in paintings and prints in Japan during the Edo period (17th–19th centuries). It then became popular in the 1970s with the rise of kawaii (the Japanese word... -
Eddie Martinez: Open Feast
Yuz Project Space of Art, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China 7 November 2019 – 12 January 2020Yuz Museum is pleased to present Open Feast; Brooklyn-based artist Eddie Martinez’s first solo exhibition in mainland China, from November 7th, 2019 to January 12th, 2020 at Yuz Project Space... -
Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie
MOCAD, Detroit 10 May – 18 August 2019Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie is a solo exhibition of the Brooklyn-based artist Eddie Martinez (American, born 1977), organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit executive director Elysia Borowy-Reeder in close... -
Eddie Martinez: Studio Wall
The Drawing Center, New York, NY 13 October 2017 – 4 February 2018Eddie Martinez’s drawing practice blends seamlessly with his daily life as the New York-based artist carries pen and paper with him on the subway, to the doctor’s office, and to... -
Eddie Martinez: The Sleeping Procession
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood 26 November 2017 – 25 February 2018Curated by Gabriel Hartley and Sean Steadman. Through an extension of their engagement in painting, drawing and sculpture, Hartley and Steadman have produced a number of steel, MDF and resin... -
Eddie Martinez: Ants at a Picknic
The Davis, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 19 September – 17 December 2017The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is pleased to present Eddie Martinez: Ants at a Picknic, the artist’s first museum solo exhibition. The installation includes a suite of seven new...
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News
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Eddie Martinez to Represent the Republic of San Marino at the 60th Edition of La Biennale di Venezia
Eddie Martinez has been selected to represent the Republic of San Marino at La Biennale di Venezia this spring. Titled Nomader, the pavilion is curated by Alison M. Gingeras and... -
Book Launch | Eddie Martinez: Extra Drawings
Timothy Taylor, 15 Bolton Street, London Friday 13 October, 11amEddie Martinez joins Claire Gilman, Chief Curator, The Drawing Center, New York, and Olivier Vandervliet, Founder, Triangle Books, for a conversation on his recent publication Extra Drawings—a look at Martinez'... -
Eddie Martinez at Free Arts NYC Annual Auction
Free Arts NYC, New York 25 April 201925 April 2019, 4.00pm EST Artsy presents Free Arts NYC: Benefit Auction 2019 . Free Arts NYC is an arts and mentoring nonprofit dedicated to providing New York City youth... -
Book Launch | Eddie Martinez: Drawings
Spoonbill Studio, 99 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206 22 September 201722 September 2017, 7:30pm—9:30pm This book presents a wide selection of Eddie Martinez's drawing practice from 2005 up until the present. Many of them have never been seen before as... -
In Conversation | Dr. David Anfam and Jethro Turner on Eddie Martinez
Timothy Taylor, 15 Carlos Place, London 2 May 2017, 6.30pmDr. David Anfam and Jethro Turner will be using Eddie Martinez 's exhibition Cowboy Town as the departure point for their discussion, which will then be opened out to... -
Eddie Martinez at Timothy Taylor
Timothy Taylor, London 13 October – 8 November 2014
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Press
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Eddie Martinez: 2024 Venice Biennale pavilionsyour go-to list [updated]
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Eddie Martinez will represent San Marino at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Maxwell Rabb, Artsy, 30 January 2024 -
Eddie Martinez to Represent San Marino at 2024 Venice Biennale
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews, 29 January 2024 -
Eddie Martinez to Represent San Marino 60th Venice Biennale
Artforum, 29 January 2024 -
Eddie Martinez to Represent San Marino at 2024 Venice Biennale
Shawn Ghassemitari, HypeArt, 29 January 2024 -
Eddie Martinez: Frieze London, ecco i miei highlight dalla fiera in cui l'arte racconta la complessità del mondo
Riccardo Freddo, Vogue Italia, 16 October 2023 -
Frieze Art Fair: the art ecosystem in London is still making sparks fly
Judith Benhamou, Judith Benhamou Reports, 13 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: Frieze London Receipts
Sam Gaskin, Ocula, 13 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: 5 Highlights From Frieze London 2023, From a Shrink-Wrapped Carriage to an Exuberant Drawing Display
Kate Brown, Artnet News, 13 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: Highlights from Frieze London 2023
Lucy Rees, Galerie, 13 October 2023 -
Frieze : les riches propositions artistiques de la place londonienne
Judith Benhamou, Les Echos, 12 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: Frieze London 2023 barcolla ma non molla: i migliori 10 stand della fiera
di Massimiliano Tonelli, Artribune, 12 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: The 15 Best Booths at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2023
Arun Kakar, Josie Thaddeus-Johns, and Casey Lesser, Artsy, 12 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: As Frieze London Opens, an Uncertain World Awaits Outside
Sarah Douglas, ARTnews, 11 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez Defers to the Desires of His Paints
Phoebe Chen, T Magazine, 6 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: Don't Miss These 12 Gallery Shows in Paris and London This Fair Season
Meka Boyle, Cultured, 6 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: Before Social Media’s Rise, Frieze Found New Ways to Share Art
Ted Loos, New York Times, 6 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: 8 Fascinating Exhibitions to see in London During Frieze Week
Margaret Carrigan, Galerie Magazine, 5 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez: Galleries Taking Part in East End Day & West End Night
Frieze, 2 October 2023 -
Eddie Martinez Opens His First Museum Show At The Davis Museum
Ann Binlot, Forbes, 27 October 2017 -
Gallery Hopping: Eddie Martinez Plays Cowboys and Politics at Timothy Taylor
Perwana Nazif, Artnet, 13 March 2017
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Publications
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Eddie Martinez
Extra Drawings 2023Hardcover, 448 pagesRead More
Publisher: Triangle Books
Dimensions: 178 x 236 mm -
Eddie Martinez
More Drawings 2020Hardcover, 448 pagesRead More
Publisher: Triangle Books
Dimensions: 177 x 236 mm -
Eddie Martinez
Drawings 2017Hardcover, 448 pagesRead More
Publisher: Triangle Books
ISBN: 978-2-930777-23-8
Dimensions: 175 x 236 cm -
Eddie Martinez
Sculptures 2016Hardcover, 168 pagesRead More
Publisher: Timothy Taylor
Dimensions: 245 x 310mm
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