Chris Martin Painting Big at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

James Kalm has been a friend of Chris Martin for years, and a fan even longer. That's why, due to exhibition obligations in Los Angeles, he was slightly disappointed to miss the opening of Martin's "Painting Big" at Washington DC's Corcoran Gallery of Art. But, because of the momentous nature of this show, a trip to the nations capital was scheduled. This video brings viewers a brief run-through of this exhibit, by one of today's most provocative Brooklyn painters.

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[jameskalm]

Don't listen to Charles Saatchi, don't listen to Jerry Saltz, don't listen to Bob Nickas, don't listen to the curators of America's major museums, don't listen to the hundreds of New York artists who are fans, and don't listen to the greatest art collectors in the world who are buying Chris's work, they're all wrong, listen to eenkjet.

[eenkjet]

@jameskalm i coudn't give a rats ass about what's going on in the art world. because it's irrelevant to how i develop my work. if you want to be true to yourself, that is the only way you can go. for those lusting for the limelight and willing to dumb their work down. go right ahead. there are plenty of buyers out there that will compensate one for hard intelligent work. in fact keeping your sales to around $10-20k per month is healthy. money corrupts the work.

[jameskalm]

I'm sure art history will reward you for your efforts.

[UntitledPainter]

another really excellent vid. Chris Martins work always gets me inspired and alot of it actually makes me laugh out loud, in a very good way (those bread paintings are so daft they are amazing). That does not happen often enough in my opinion.

cheers

[maeiraldi]

@eenkjet art is about communication, not masturbation.

[maeiraldi]

This has nothing to with buyers collectors etc. I don't see why you let someone like eenkjet get under your skin james.. In this case it is really a matter of taste. There are no precepts that say chris is changing the face of modern art, how ever stylistically this work is positively relevant at the moment. This video introduced me to paintings of such grand scale, there for the work is doing something. If you want to be removed from the formality of the work as much as possible eenk chill bra.

[eenkjet]

@jameskalm that is where the meme comes in. the HISTORY. trying to fit into some pages, be accepted by such, be seen by such, be shown at such, so many tastes, so many forces working against self expression. no time for hiatus for the sake of historical significance. by the time the artist is done, there's nothing left but derivative art history stew. being shown in a museum or often than not is a sign of personal creative failure, because of the forces that wrought the work.

[hankjunior]

These paintings are deceptive . Have you watched a real good blues guitar player and thought I can do that? Well then you get home pick up your guitar and realize you can't do that. The paintings have a definate signature and I like them.

Thanks James

[ocdlotr]

...terrific show...

[eenkjet]

@kidluna if i drive down montrose there is this EXACT kind of work leaning up against the apartments of hipsters here and there. it's abstraction 101. if you could sell it by the pound it'd be worth about...what does canvas and wood cost?