Acrylic gel on polish copper. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the dimensions, the technique and direction arrows on the reverse. 123 x 120 cm.
- Glossy materiality in a sculptural painting. - Jason Martin creates space through controlled movement of the surface. - In the year of its creation, the present work featured in the groundbreaking exhibition “Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection” at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. - The artist had solo shows at , among others, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and at Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris. - His works have been shown in group exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Krems, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris - His works are represented in numerous public collections, such as the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
LITERATURE: Bonhams, London, June 21, 2004, lot 120 (illu.) Christie's South Kensington, May 5, 2007, lot 765.