Descripción de la Exposición
Martínez with his plein air practice retires to rural areas in order to paint the Puerto Rican landscape. As he visits different forests in Puerto Rico, the artist approaches his surroundings with empathy, focusing on the life and energy that inhabits each selected space. With loose brushstrokes and thick layers of oil paint, Martínez’ work is a testimony to his experiences with nature and through it, Berlin will have access to the Puerto Rican flora as seen through his eyes. Jun Martínez: Ein Waldgänger is the first exhibition of the young emerging artist outside of Puerto Rico. Marking an important moment in his career.
Omar-Pascual comments on Martinez’ work, “in the midst of a jungle of screens (many of them even tactile), immersed in a landscape of digital imagery that surrounds him, young Puerto Rican artist Jun Martínez seems to be following the path marked by the german philosopher Ernts Jungen in his book Der Waldgang. Martínez avoids the urban jungle, the global cosmopolite universe of mass media and the tyranny of technology (maybe under the effects of technophobia) and turns to the country side, the forest, the mountains, to savage nature, to the beloved solitude, of the romantics in order to recreate nature in his paintings. A return to the carpentinian “lost steps” of the great naturalist paintings, but also charged with the freed gesture of one who has experienced postmodernism throughout his formation.
Exposición. 15 oct de 2024 - 16 feb de 2025 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
Formación. El 25 oct de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España
