Ramp |
Untitled (Contained Explosions #1) |
—Ramp
2009
Plywood
183 x 120 x 244 cm
The simple wooden ramp evokes associations of daring motorcycle stunts. Did the rider already venture the dangerous leap over the obstacle or is the ramp still waiting for an intrepid acrobat?
—Untitled (Contained Explosions #1)
2009
Fireworks, glass, wood
122 x 77 x 77 cm
Like Ramp, Untitled (Contained Explosions #1) also appears to be a relict of a breathtaking stunt. A tall glass cube reveals traces of smoke, standing out on the glass in almost painterly and yet three-dimensional way in shifting shades of gray, as if the smoke were still rising from the smouldering floor. Yet all that remains there are charred, extinguished remnants of fireworks. Rockets and firecrackers suggest a powerful explosion contained by the massive volume of glass.
Biography
2008 BFA, California Institute of the Arts
Lives and works in New York
Selected solo exhibitions
—2009
In Practice, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York
Jason Martin is a Punk Rocker, Renwick Gallery, New York (with Martin Kersels)
Lookin On, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles
Lookin On, Redling Fine Art at Rental Gallery, New York
Selected group exhibitions
—2009
1999, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
Beyond Process, Renwick Gallery, New York
Matthew Chambers, Brendan Fowler, Rashid Johnson, Jason Kraus, Rental Gallery,
New York
—2008
A Group Show with A. Butzer, Los Angeles
Please Stay Out, We’re Open, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles (with Martin Kersels)
Chinatown Video Screening, Chung King Projects, Los Angeles
Undone, Renwick Gallery, New York,
—2007
Kraus, Kopp, Kersels, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles
Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles
Angstrom Projects, Dallas
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