Lisson Gallery exhibits Jason Martin’s new paintings at its New York venue.Jason Martin new body of paintings for his first exhibition at Lisson Gallery New York investigate the fundamentals of painting. His experimentation beyond its traditional boundaries into three-dimensional space and his recent re-engagement with oil paint. Martin begins with minimal means – no more than three colors, often similar in tonality, as well as just a handful of tools or brushes and a number of vertically aligned, aluminum panels. This latest series veer from epic and luscious compositions of swirling dark oils to pared-down and muted abstractions in smoky off-whites. Horizontal bands are being swept to and fro across the surface, the paintings are loaded with varying quantities of paint, resulting perhaps in significant spillages, impasto ridges and arabesque whorls or else in smaller, incidental edges, ripples and smears.Jason Martin (b.Jersey, 1970 in the Channel Islands) lives and works between London and Portugal. He has a BA from Goldsmiths, London (1993) and his works oscillations between sculpture and painting, with the vigor of action painting but a controlled hand. Solo exhibitions include Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany (2016), Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy (2013), Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2012), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy (2009), Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporary de Palma, Majorca, Spain (2008), Kunstverein Kreis Gŭtersloh, Gutersloh, Germany (2007), Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2005). He was a prizewinner in John Moores 21, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, UK (1999) and of the Golfo della Spezia, European Biennial of the Visual Arts, La Spezia, Italy (2000).The exhibition will be on view from January 19 through February 24, 2018, at Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, New York.For details, visit: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/lisson-gallery/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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