6/19/2006

Martin McMurray

21 comments:

Painter said...

From California

no-where-man said...

seems to be a bit of a recipe in painting right now - alineated often amputated figures floating in the doldrums of sparsely populated color fields,

Debra Maypole said...

this painting (i don't know his work) and painters like judith linheares, bring me back to a pre-art school kind of bewilderment of narrative in paintings, esp. around age 5-9. walking around cousins houses, in rec rooms, seeing roughly painted people with melancholia or some such subtle emotion. Creepiness abounds in rec rooms across america. I like it, this stuff, a lot.

Sven said...

I agree with that point Palooka...this painting I kinda like, but I think his weakness lies within the way he extracts a quick kind of character from the photographs he uses--this baby for instance, I imagine the photo it came from would be as interesting as his painting. the lying figure is a little more original maybe

dubz said...

ben shahn + leon golub, maybe? the figures don't seem to be interacting much with the landscapes or each other. seems to lack figurative purpose a little, like they're really formal paintings that involve people instead. even so, i really liked his last show and dig the updated-late-30s paint handling.

zipthwung said...

iF i SEE ONE MORE PAINTING LIKE THIS i'LL AMPUTATE SOMEONE.

gOT THE CAPS LOCK kEY ON FOR OTHER REASONS. bUT WHAT THE HELL, WHY NOT?

sEE YTHE MAN'S SOUL ESCAPING FROM HIS PINEAL GLAND? i DO.

mINES ARE A REAL PROBLEM, AND iM GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN A PAINTING. tHE us SELLS A LOT OF THE MINES AND IF WE DIDNT DO IT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD. bUT WHAT WE NEED ARE SMARTER, CHEAPER, MINES.

tHE ENEMY IS OUT THERE - THEY WANT A CALIPHATE, ACCORDING TO THE NEOCONS. AND I BELIEVE THEM.

no-where-man said...

so what do we think? is the "boom" here to stay - the prices of Art will forever go up, like NYC real estate?

Sven said...

those pictures of generals on his site and this baby to a smaller extant look like a photograph viewed through a glass paperweight--you know how its fun to look at pictures through it for a second because they start distorting--looks very much like that effect.

no-where-man said...

"there is no common price in this field because art is a unique product"

this seems the same with any part of entertainment or the luxury market no? - i guess in Art you have much higher chance of fools gold? i just thought trends went with the stock market which seems to not be happening now?

no-where-man said...

cheers to the health of entertainment.

what factors do you think go into determining "financial longevity"? where i am confused is all of these kids who make it right out of school - all of the Artists i am really into and would consider purchasing (if/when i can) have a "Mythic" quality something beyond an institution, they seemed to be part of a driving whole.

no-where-man said...

I would be interested in your further explanations and appreciate your insight.

Full time is also relative as to the amount of money the Artist starts out having, with the “on fire” market “boom” there conversely seems to be a sort of mass homogenization. Most cv’s of those just breaking are hot swappable(ish).

no-where-man said...

painterdog - i read your comment before you or whomever removed it. it maybe the unspoken truth.

no-where-man said...

epilepticadam, agreed on the Dadists, i feel the same about the girth of Pop Artists and there forerunners as well and i have a great deal of respect for skill and craft - perhaps for some it is a necessity for survival.

i will drop it here but anyone who thinks conversations about those who have money and don't is "unfair" have money. vanity fair.

zipthwung said...

I was gassing on about landmines - the reality is that landmines are a strategic weapon - they work BETTER when they just maim the enemy.

Doctors, medical supplies, food for a non-worker - these are only a few of the resources that must be taken away from the war effort.

A truly strong society kills its weak and a strong warrior understands that to be maimed is as good as being dead.

In this light, the baby, missing one hand and a leg, should die, and the tide is coming in.

youth--less said...

why do i get the feeling that this one armed one footed baby could kick the ass of anyone posting on this site--warrior-wise?

no-where-man said...

i can take candy from any one armed one footed baby

jeff said...

well I offended someone because I posted infromation about rich kids who make in NY with mommy and daddy's money.

give me a break.

this is petty?

zipthwung said...

paiterdog I dunno who was offended and Im not sure what you said exactly but if you look at most businesses they survive or profit through a subsidy of one form or another. Big oil and ("family") farming to name some off the top. On the smaller level I think you would find complex social networks holding most people afloat. The illusion of self sufficiency as presented by Horatio Alger or take you pick of conservatives who think poor people are lazy - is a lie, or at best a simplification.

It isnt any different with art, and the richer your friends, the better your skills, the better your prices.

I would kill that baby, because who wants a cripple?

no-where-man said...

Aimee Mullins is hot

Sven said...

word

SisterRye said...

This painter has earned every penny, and does not come from money.