| The Kunsthalle Dusseldorf presents first Chris Martin exhibition outside of the U.S. |
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DUSSELDORF.- The Kunsthalle is showing the first institutional exhibition outside the United States of the American painter Chris Martin (born 1954, Washington D.C.). Martin has regularly paid his respects to cherished artist colleagues from the fields of painting and music since the mid 1990s: Pop greats as well as those who work at or beyond the boundaries of the zeitgeist. In some cases, like Michael Jackson, James Brown or Frank Moore, who conceived the red Aids ribbon, the pictures were prompted by their deaths. Such dedications placed Martin’s expansive compositions on the foundation of a social frame of reference, are gestures of reverence and solidarity. At the same time, they break with the purity requirements of colour field painting and monochrome painting. The names stand awkwardly and coars read full article
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