Javier Martin: Lights Appropriation Javier Martin: Lights Appropriation - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von: pulpogallery

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Wann: 15.01.2022 - 26.02.2022

BLINDNESS | /ˈblīndnəs/ - Defined as the absence of sight; lack of perception, awareness, or judgment; ignorance. The exhibition JAVIER MARTIN: LIGHTS APPROPRIATION showcasts 11 works with a thought-provoking boldness that represent the most recent continuation of Javier Martin’s Blindness series.

Behind the glow of spectacular neon stripes, tempting models are depicted.…

BLINDNESS | /ˈblīndnəs/ - Defined as the absence of sight; lack of perception, awareness, or judgment; ignorance. The exhibition JAVIER MARTIN: LIGHTS APPROPRIATION showcasts 11 works with a thought-provoking boldness that represent the most recent continuation of Javier Martin’s Blindness series.

Behind the glow of spectacular neon stripes, tempting models are depicted. They have been taken out of their perfectly staged world of advertising. Their seductive glances hide behind vibrant lights and a direct eye contact with the viewers is impossible. The eyes, understood as the mirror of human emotions, are intentionally covered up, causing ambivalent feelings and challenging questions.

This exhibition encourages self-reflection. Martin uses sophisticated visual elements to stimulate the viewers curiosity, to let them question what may be hidden behind the lights and what blinds us.

Through excellent artistic skills Martin combines painting and collage in order to detect the transformation of the natural daylight, and places it in a powerful battle with the artificial light. He takes us on a journey from poetic sunsets to sunrises, dark night skies and graceful twilights, and creates new allegories of natural light.

These works allow us autocritical questions: How strong is the blindness that comes from favoring unimportant things? Is a clear sight hindered by something or are we intentionally covering our eyes?

Javier Martin - Blindness Deconstruction of a sunset, 2021 Javier Martin - Blindness Deconstruction of a sunset, 2021 - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von: pulpogallery
Tags: Collagen, Fotocollagen, Javier Martin, Malerei

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Gisela Ehrenfried-Staehle; Copyright Tom Warren.
Murnau, Ausstellung, 24.09.2021 - 31.10.2021
Credits Birgit Schwarzenberger - Pulpo Gallery, Nico Zeifang with Gregory de la Haba (left), Judy Rifka via Zoom-Livecall
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Abb. oben: Georg Thumbach, Wirbel, 2018/19, drehwüchsige Kiefer, 392,7 cm x ø 15-18 cm, (c) Georg Thumbach
Murnau, Ausstellung, 19.04.2021 - 16.05.2021
JORGE GALINDO, SOUVENIR (MURNAU I), 2021, Oil on printed canvas, 76 3/4 x 118 1/8 in, 195 x 300 cm
Abb: Franziska Wolff, GENIUS (Emanuel von Seidl), 2019, als Digitalprint im Hof vom Schloß Murnau installiert und rund um die Uhr zu besichtigen. Das gewebte Original ist ab 5.6.2019 im Rathausfoyer Murnau ausgestellt. Öffnungszeiten dort: MO - FR 8 - 12, DI 14 – 16, DO 14 – 18 UHR. Copyright: Franziska Wolff.
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