IN THE PROJECT SPACE
Nat Martin| Gallery Copy
Oct 4-29, 2023
Opening Reception: Oct 6, 5-8pm
Gallery Copy, 2023 (artist’s book, 6”x9”)
Artist Statement:
Gallery Copy is a project related to my 2022 Kingston Show, Untitled Afternoon. It is a collection of poems that I was writing (and revising) at the same time that I was creating (and revising) sculptures for Untitled Afternoon. The book includes 40 poems, each paired with sculptures, studies and studio photographs.
The poems were influenced by experimental writing of the 20th century. They also relate to dyslexia and to my early struggles with reading and writing. Like the artwork, they are small, visual, experimental and eclectic.
Gallery Copy includes a forward by Claire Ogden, Kingston Gallery’s 2022 Emerging Writer.
Artwork in the physical gallery space will include wall vinyl, related photographs and process ephemera.
Bio:
Martin has been exhibiting art for 15 years and his work has appeared in many shows throughout New England. He has been a member of the Kingston Gallery since 2017. Martin received his B.A. from Skidmore College as an art history major, and earned his M.A. in Art History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Martin has taught art history, darkroom photography and digital photography since 2000 and lives outside of Boston with his very creative wife and two kids.