Martin Wilner "Making History 2010 - 2011"

Sperone Westwater

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Sperone Westwater presents an exhibition of recent pen, ink, and graphite drawings by Martin Wilner, the artist’s second solo show at the gallery. In his now decade-long body of work, Making History, Wilner creates highly-detailed diaristic drawings based on the monthly calendar. On the verso of each drawing are descriptive texts or images that are integral to the work. Wilner blends elements of cartoon, cartography, text, micrography, and music in an evolving process that transforms news events of compelling personal interest into drawing. Each work coalesces into its own mysterious narrative of the artist’s daily life.

Making History 2010 consists of a suite of 12 double-sided drawings focused on the visual dimension of music in concert with text, cartography and representational drawing. The drawings proceed through a series of single step variations from one month to the next. Using media sources selected daily, Wilner developed systems of encoding narrative into musical scores. The results are visual nocturnes based on everyday events that transcend their mundane and often troubling sources in the pursuit of something more lyrical.

Making History 2011 consists of 12 double-sided drawings that conclude the first decade of this project. Each work consists of three concentric drawing elements from Wilner’s visual vocabulary, which each share the element of micrographic writing. The drawings vary by rotation from month to month with the last month, December, produced by the results of a children’s game of chance.

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Schedule

from April 05, 2012 to April 28, 2012

Opening Reception on 2012-04-05 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Martin Wilner

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