The High Tone Glyphs of Disembodied Margins

Leslie Martinez

The High Tone Glyphs of Disembodied Margins, 2022152.4 x 121.92 x 8.26cmSign in to view price
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fabric, paper, crushed charcoal, crushed rock, sawdust, wood ash, iron oxide, and acrylic on canvas approxCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork is an abstract painting dominated by a dark, moody color palette with splashes of vibrant hues. The composition features a dynamic interplay of bold brushstrokes and textural elements, creating a sense of depth and movement. The overall effect is a visually captivating and emotive piece that invites the viewer to explore the complex layers and expressive brushwork. While the subject matter remains ambiguous, the work reflects the artist's exploration of the complexities of the human experience through a distinctly contemporary, expressive style. ...

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Leslie Martinez
Artist
Leslie Martinez
B.1985, American

Leslie Martinez creates textured canvases, abstract in gradient multicolour, that explore the similarities between queerness and the South Texas-Mexico border. Their unique use of colour symbolises the power of abstraction in radical imagination, with the texture coming from the artist's zero-waste ethos: the canvas’ surface is created through the use of cast-off materials such as rugs, shirts and bits of previously failed artworks. Such recycling is reminist of life in the borderlands, one of precarity and resourcefulness. Having ancestral ties to the Rio Grande Valley, Martinez frequently travelled across the South Texas-Mexico border: their experience sparked the artist’s continuous investigation of racism and xenophobia present in the questions of belonging and estagement. With inspiration from artists like Helen Frankenthaler and Anselm Kiefer and cultural theorist José Esteban Muñoz, Martinez creates works of queer imagination, anticipating a future where one can be free of societal prejudices and constraints. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Leslie Martinez: Artworks
The High Tone Glyphs of Disembodied Margins
Leslie Martinez
The High Tone Glyphs of Disembodied Margins, 2022
152.4 x 121.92 x 8.26cm
Pathfinder's Ridge in This Quadrant of the Sun
Leslie Martinez
Pathfinder's Ridge in This Quadrant of the Sun, 2022
152.4 x 121.92 x 8.26cm
With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust
Leslie Martinez
With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust, 2024
200 x 152 x 22cm
Hot Rusty Hands Throwing Lasso on Steel Horns
Leslie Martinez
Hot Rusty Hands Throwing Lasso on Steel Horns, 2024
106 x 94 x 17cm
Soft Vibrations Crossing Waves Through the Carrot Patch
Leslie Martinez
Soft Vibrations Crossing Waves Through the Carrot Patch, 2024
122 x 152 x 20cm
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

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