Martin Honert

Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Martin Honert, the next exhibition in his gallery at 522 West 22nd Street. This will be the artist’s fifth one-person show at the gallery, and consists of four new sculptures.

Martin Honert is known for his meticulously crafted sculptures often inspired by his memories of childhood. The artist spends many years working on each sculpture, drawing from his memory and two-dimensional source imagery.

The three figurative sculptures presented here each depict scenes of children at play. In Wheelbarrow Game, Piggyback Ride, and Lawn mower game two children are each engaged in the same task. Stylistically, Honert emulates the illustrative character of children’s books of his youth.

The fourth work in the exhibition, Embankment is a sculpture of a landscape with a multi-channel projection of a train slowly moving across it. As the artist has noted, although not originally intended for children’s recreation, the railroad track and surrounding area evolve into a playground.