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Simon Martin (artist)

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Simon Martin (born 1965) is an English artist living and working in London, known for his video works.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Martin was born in Cheshire, England, in 1965.[4][5] He attended the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, between 1985 and 1989.[6]

Career

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In 2005, Martin showed his video work Wednesday Afternoon in solo exhibitions at White Columns, New York City; Counter Gallery, London;[7] and The Power Plant, Toronto.[8] Reviewing the New York exhibition in The New York Times, Roberta Smith called the work a "a minor masterpiece of poetic discretion".[9]

In 2011, his film Louis Ghost Chair, commissioned by the British organization Film and Video Umbrella, premiered at the Holbourne Museum in Bath.[10][11][12] His film Lemon 03 Generations (Turn it Around version) was presented as an outdoor projection by the Henry Moore Foundation in December 2014.[13][14]

In 2015, he presented his film UR Feeling in a solo show at the Camden Arts Centre.[1][15][16] Known until this point for his films that portrayed only static objects,[17] UR Feeling was his first work to use human performers.[18]

He was included in the 2006 Tate Triennial.[19][20]

In 2008, he received the £45,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation visual-arts award.[21][22]

Since 2005, he has worked in sound art.

Collections

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Martin's work is included in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art[23] and the Tate Museum, London.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Simon Martin". MAP Magazine. 1 March 2009.
  2. ^ Colin Ledwith; Polly Staple (11 May 2007). You Have Not Been Honest: Contemporary Film and Video from the UK. British Council. ISBN 9780863555824.
  3. ^ "Here's Looking at You". Frieze (113). 2 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Simon Martin Born 1965". Tate.
  5. ^ "British Artist Simon Martin's New Exhibition 'UR Feeling' Opens at Camden Arts Centre". artdaily.com.
  6. ^ "Simon Martin". Goldsmiths, University of London.
  7. ^ "Simon Martin at Counter Gallery". Artforum.
  8. ^ "The Power Plant – Simon Martin: Wednesday Afternoon – 2006 – Exhibitions – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". The Power Plant. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ^ Smith, Roberta (9 September 2005). "Art in Review; Simon Martin". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Clark, Robert; Sherwin, Skye (28 January 2012). "This Week's New Exhibitions". The Guardian.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Simon Martin's Louis Ghost Chair Installation Premieres at The Holburne Museum in Bath". Culture24.
  12. ^ Gosling, Emily (19 December 2011). "Louis Ghost Chair".
  13. ^ Guido Reuter; Ursula Ströbele (2017). Skulptur und Zeit im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-3-412-50453-3.
  14. ^ "Event Sculpture 4: Simon Martin, 'Lemon 03 Generations (Turn it Around version)' (2014) - Online papers - Research - Henry Moore Foundation". Henry Moore Foundation.
  15. ^ "Simon Martin: UR Feeling". Wall Street International. 10 March 2015.
  16. ^ "Simon Martin: UR Feeling, Camden Arts Centre - exhibition review". Evening Standard. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Kunstverein » Simon Martin".
  18. ^ "Simon Martin: UR Feeling - Art in London". Time Out London. 22 July 2015.
  19. ^ a b "'Wednesday Afternoon', Simon Martin, 2005". Tate.
  20. ^ "'Carlton', Simon Martin, 2006". Tate. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Recipients of Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Martha Hill Achievement Awards". Artforum.
  22. ^ "Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces The Recipients Of The 2008 Awards for the Visual Arts and Composers". classicalsource.com.
  23. ^ "Wednesday Afternoon – DMA Collection Online". Dallas Museum of Art.
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