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Beschreibung
Fish become knives, alligators become saws, the artist himself becomes a Nokia phone John Martin is one of the most fascinating contemporary Black American artists working today. The publication builds an understanding of and appreciation for his unique visual language and work outside of the arts and disability communities. John Martin was born in 1963 in Marks, Mississippi and lives and works in Oakland, California at Creative Growth Art Center. Martin creates drawings, ceramics and woodwork that synthesise his memories of a family farm in Mississippi with his modern life in Oakland. Martin commonly depicts images of items from his collection of found objects. His interpretations both describe their function and subvert practicality through his outrageous animal mash-ups, oversized Leatherman tools and mysterious text. His wry sense of humour is evident in all of his compositions, translating utilitarian imagery into a graphic and animated aesthetic.
Fish become knives, alligators become saws, the artist himself becomes a Nokia phone John Martin is one of the most fascinating contemporary Black American artists working today. The publication builds an understanding of and appreciation for his unique visual language and work outside of the arts and disability communities. John Martin was born in 1963 in Marks, Mississippi and lives and works in Oakland, California at Creative Growth Art Center. Martin creates drawings, ceramics and woodwork that synthesise his memories of a family farm in Mississippi with his modern life in Oakland. Martin commonly depicts images of items from his collection of found objects. His interpretations both describe their function and subvert practicality through his outrageous animal mash-ups, oversized Leatherman tools and mysterious text. His wry sense of humour is evident in all of his compositions, translating utilitarian imagery into a graphic and animated aesthetic.
Über den Autor
Ginger Shulick Porcella is the Executive Director of Creative Growth Art Center, the premier organization for contemporary artists with developmental disabilities. She has curated critically acclaimed museum exhibitions such as: Amir H. Fallah: Scatter my Ashes on Foreign Lands; Blessed Be: Mysticism, Spirituality and the Occult in Contemporary Art; and Dazzled: OMD, Memphis Design and Beyond. She is the founder of 4Ground: Midwest Land Art Biennial and her exhibitions have been positively reviewed in Frieze, The New York Times, and Hyperallergic.

Philip March Jones is an artist, writer, and curator based in New York City. In 2009, Jones founded Institute 193, a nonprofit contemporary art space and publisher in Lexington, Kentucky. He later served as the inaugural director of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Atlanta, and as director of the Galerie Christian Berst (New York/Paris) and the Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York. Jones' photographs and writings have been published by the Jargon Society, Vanderbilt University Press, Dust-to-Digital and Poem 88, among others.

Cheryl Dunn is an American documentary filmmaker and photographer. She has made two feature films, Everybody Street (2013) and Moments Like This Never Last (2020). She has had three books of photographs published: Bicycle Gangs of New York (2005), Some Kinda Vocation (2007) and Festivals are Good (2015). Dunn's work has been exhibited at Tate Modern in London, Deitch Projects in New York City, and the Geffen Contemporary MOCA. She was one of the subjects in the documentary, book, and traveling museum exhibition Beautiful Losers.
Zusammenfassung

John Martins entwaffnende Kunst: mysteriös mit schrägem Sinn für Humor

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 184 S.
ISBN-13: 9783777443164
ISBN-10: 3777443166
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 4316
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Dunn, Cheryl
Redaktion: Creative Growth Art Center
Herausgeber: Creative Growth Art Center
Hersteller: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Bayerstr. 57-59, D-80335 München, mail@hirmerverlag.de
Abbildungen: 150 Abbildungen in Farbe
Maße: 296 x 238 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Creative Growth Art Center
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.02.2024
Gewicht: 1,378 kg
Artikel-ID: 128153102