Mary Martin
Description: Mary Martin is an Irish visual artist and a 2021 Fine Art Graduate of Brighton School of Art. Through paint, Martin constructs an alternate reality; a heterotopia. Her playful approach to language and interpretation together with her vibrant and surreal compositions belie a serious reflection on the Anthropocene where she presents a future evolutionary state where it is unclear if humanity still exists. While Martin’s paintings appear playful and theatrical, their serious undertones address the growing disconnection between hyper capitalist society and the natural and liminal worlds and its effect on the Anthropocene, with fish forms mutating into mermaid-like hybrids, secretly advancing in the natural world without our knowledge. Recent shows To Mar or Enroot, ONCA, Brighton (2022), Gormworm, Tapir Gallery, Berlin (2022) and Hu[manned] Mission, Lumen Crypt Gallery, London (2021) show Martin’s confidence in paint and print; these and her recent residency on the ONCA Barge, Brighton Marina reflect an exciting emerging artist with her finger on the pulse of a reality in crisis.
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