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Lilian Martinez - Coral Caves

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22 October - 12 November 2020
  • Lilian Martinez - Coral Caves

    October 22 - November 12

     

     

  • Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present Coral Caves, an online solo show by LA-based artist Lilian Martinez, opening on...

    Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present Coral Caves, an online solo show by LA-based artist Lilian Martinez, opening on October 22, 2020.

  • LILIAN MARTINEZ B. 1986, Chicago, IL Lives and works in Yucca Valley and Los Angeles, CA Lilian Martinez earned a...

    LILIAN MARTINEZ

    B. 1986, Chicago, IL

    Lives and works in Yucca Valley and Los Angeles, CA

     

    Lilian Martinez earned a BFA in Photography from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

     

    Lilian is the founder of BFGF, an art brand working with digitally printed and woven versions of her artwork.

     

    She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, most recently with Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, The Naughton Gallery, Belfast, Ireland and Commune, Tokyo, Japan. Lilian’s work is in the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection and is currently included in the Taubman Museum of Art Exhibition "A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection”.



    • In this series of works, Lilian blends representation and iconographies of the past with the present and imagined future to make an empowering statement about the roles and position of brown women in modern society. The art world is finally starting to recognise that women, especially women of colour, were systematically overlooked by traditional art history, or were presented as sexualised objects of contemplation in the eye of the (presumably male) viewer.

    • In the works of Lilian, brown women are portrayed in new types of compositions that are pure, peaceful and even humorous at times. These liberating and joyful images of previously underrepresented bodies comfortably occupying space, offer a fresh and inclusive interpretation to ideas of privilege and cultural narrative.

    • A southern Californian aesthetic is evident in all the works included in Coral Caves. Lilian typically uses sun-washed colours that still have a softness to them, and which naturally surround the artist in her studio in Yucca Valley, California. Just like colours, spatial balance is also highly significant to the artist’s visual language. Her flat figures are surrounded by interiors and objects acting as beautiful micro-architectural compositions, referencing 1990’s pop culture, as well as modernists like Henri Matisse and Henry Moore.

  • In this series of works, Lilian blends representation and iconographies of the past with the present and imagined future to... In this series of works, Lilian blends representation and iconographies of the past with the present and imagined future to...

    In this series of works, Lilian blends representation and

    iconographies of the past with the present and imagined future to make an empowering statement about the roles and position of brown women in modern society.

  • These liberating and joyful images of previously underrepresented bodies comfortably occupying space, offer a fresh and inclusive interpretation to ideas... These liberating and joyful images of previously underrepresented bodies comfortably occupying space, offer a fresh and inclusive interpretation to ideas...

    These liberating and joyful images of previously underrepresented bodies comfortably occupying space, offer a fresh and inclusive interpretation to ideas of

    privilege and cultural narrative.

  • Works

    • Lilian Martinez, Woman with Two Chairs, 2017
      Lilian Martinez, Woman with Two Chairs, 2017
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, A Dance or Walk, 2017
      Lilian Martinez, A Dance or Walk, 2017
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Art Handler II, 2018
      Lilian Martinez, Art Handler II, 2018
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Daybed, 2020
      Lilian Martinez, Daybed, 2020
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, In Bed, 2019
      Lilian Martinez, In Bed, 2019
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Laying Figure, 2018
      Lilian Martinez, Laying Figure, 2018
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Mujeres, 2020
      Lilian Martinez, Mujeres, 2020
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Outdoor Shower, 2019
      Lilian Martinez, Outdoor Shower, 2019
      $ 3,500
    • Lilian Martinez, Portrait, 2018
      Lilian Martinez, Portrait, 2018
      $ 3,500
    • Lilian Martinez, Portrait, 2020
      Lilian Martinez, Portrait, 2020
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Shelf with Figure and Vase, 2019
      Lilian Martinez, Shelf with Figure and Vase, 2019
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, Soft, Tropical, 2020
      Lilian Martinez, Soft, Tropical, 2020
      Sold
    • Lilian Martinez, The Staircase, 2018
      Lilian Martinez, The Staircase, 2018
      $ 1,000
    • Lilian Martinez, Woman, 2018
      Lilian Martinez, Woman, 2018
      $ 1,700
  • PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR LILIAN MARTINEZ's CV
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