Simon Martin

Martin, Simon. 2009. Simon Martin. In: "Simon Martin", Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 28th November 2008 – 18th January 2009. [Show/Exhibition]

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Item Type:

Show/Exhibition
Creators: Martin, Simon
Abstract or Description:

For his first solo commission in a British public space Simon Martin presents Untitled (2008), a new single-screen video installation conceived specially for this exhibition at Chisenhale.

Martin’s practice examines the cultural significance of art and artifacts and our relationship to them, and encompasses painting, sculpture and moving image. In recent years he has focused almost exclusively on film. Untitled marks a departure into the realm of high definition, CAD (computer assisted design) animation.

In 1998 Martin made a photorealist painting of a strawberry poison dart frog based on a found photograph. Untitled returns to that same source image though here it is rendered in a fully three-dimensional state. The animation of the frog could be seen as a collection of establishing shots, carefully observing the creature and exploring the virtual space of the synthetic image. Moving between stillness and motion, Martin’s digital rendering of the photographic image creates an uncanny effect and a self-reflexive comment on the construction of images.

Official URL: http://www.chisenhale.org.uk/archive/exhibitions/i...
Departments, Centres and Research Units: Art
Date range: 28th November 2008 – 18th January 2009
Event Location: Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Item ID: 8922
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2013 14:06
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2017 14:23

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/8922

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