With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust
With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust
With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust

Leslie Martinez

With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust, 2024200 x 152 x 22cmSign in to view price
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canvas scraps, used studio rags, used studio clothing, polyester sewing threads, paper fragments, paint chips, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvasCommonwealth and Council
Description
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The artwork features the word "DOCENT" prominently displayed against a plain white background. The text is rendered in a clean, minimalist font, with the letters appearing to be slightly faded or muted in tone. The overall composition is simple and straightforward, emphasizing the power of the word itself as the focal point. The style is characteristic of contemporary conceptual art, where the use of text and language plays a central role in conveying the artist's message or intention. In this case, the word "DOCENT" likely references the role of a museum or gallery guide, suggesting a commentary on the nature of art interpretation and education. ...

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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 ...

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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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