Artist Information:
Petros Martin
Toronto,
Canada
Member Since: Nov 2000
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Artist Statement:
Though the texture of my
work is profoundly influenced
by the colors of the late
Renaissance frescos and modern
art, the content of my art
never abandons the indelible
image of the human form in all
its aspects of life. Thus in
my canvases the aesthetic line
-- a remnant of my sculpture
training -- tends to dominate
over texture; nevertheless,
I'm constantly searching to
blend content and form in a
style that ranges from
"minimal representationalism"
to the effervescent,
evanescent blurring line of
modern -- or what I deem to be
-- two dimensional "imagism".
Due to the subject matter
of my art, I am compelled to
follow the categorical
imperative of the transitory,
infinitesimal moment of human
existence. Thus in my
paintings I celebrate our
"human condition" in which the
trite, insignificant,
most-oblivious moment of our
existence is juxtaposed to the
most profound and metaphysical
one. And side by side I
attempt to unravel the profane
as well as the divine that is
in us; the authenticity of our
being and the empirical
dimension of our existence;
distress and ecstasy; fear and
serenity; evil and goodness.
Such is the human condition,
and this is my art: an
intuitive synchronism of...
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Artist Exhibitions:
PETROS MARTIN, Canadian, b.
1951-
EDUCATION:
1975-1976 Academy of Fine
Arts, Rome, Professor Fazzini
1977-1980 Academy of Fine
Arts, Venice, Professor
Cassani
1991 Atelier Georges
Masse, Montreal (private
study)
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2001 EP-Galerie, Dusseldorf
(forthcoming)
2000 International Engraving
Salon, Florian Museum,
Romania, invited artist
1999 Galerij Marc ...
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Artist Galleries:
EP-Gallery, Dusseldorf
Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago
Gallery Birmingham,
Birmingham, Michigan
Carmel Gallery, Ottawa
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Petros Martin's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Petros Martin's Portfolio. Browse Martin's body of work: Though the texture of my work is profoundly influenced by the colors of the late Renaissance frescos and modern art, the content of my art never abandons the indelible image of the human form in all its aspects of life. Thus in my canvases the aesthetic line -- a remnant of my sculpture training -- tends to dominate over texture; nevertheless, I'm constantly searching to blend content and form in a style that ranges from "minimal representationalism" to the effervescent, evanescent blurring line of modern -- or what I deem to be -- two dimensional "imagism".
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