Untitled

Chris Martin, Untitled, 2008, oil and spraypaint on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. James M. and Mrs. Nicola S. Grant, and the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2020.20.202
Copied Chris Martin, Untitled, 2008, oil and spraypaint on canvas, unframed: 37 1⁄4 × 29 1⁄4 in. (94.6 × 74.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. James M. and Mrs. Nicola S. Grant, and the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2020.20.202

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
2008
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
unframed: 37 1⁄4 × 29 1⁄4 in. (94.6 × 74.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. James M. and Mrs. Nicola S. Grant, and the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
Mediums Description
oil and spraypaint on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Abstract
Object Number
2020.20.202
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2020.20.202

Artwork Description

Chris Martin's abstract paintings are inspired by the outside world as well as his own internal landscape of memories and experience. He incorporates references to music, literature, personal relationships, and the rivers and mountains of upstate New York. Untitled pulsates with vitality and the life force of nature. An electric-pink amoebic form stretches across the canvas, containing black-and-white circles suggestive of spores or cells. White, tentacle-like lines extend outward, creating a visual energy field that moves outside the picture plane.