Hong Kong, March 22, 2023
Javier Martin's newest body of work called Conceptual Poetry was shown in Hong Kong at Art Central. For this series, Martin investigates the relationship between words, objects, and images, while the viewers are invited to explore ideas such as stereotypes, politics, and consumerism.
"For the past 15 years I have been working on my Blindness collection, which explores through the appropriation of advertisement imagery of seemingly perfect symbols of a standard of beauty in contemporary society, and deconstruct this seemingly perfect image to create a contrast between consumption and technology. [...]
Conceptual Poetry, is the foundation of my exploration of using language as the material and transforming the appropriation of advertising and light into the appropriation of language. To whom words and language belong to? Each of us owns the interpretation and the means by which we relate to them. However, in reality, are we the owners of those moments, or is language a part of the manipulation? When we see a word, what do we feel? What do we think of it? Does that moment transport us somewhere? And does our perception change when the word is larger or smaller or changes color or shape?" - Javier Martin, 2023.
Apr 9, 2023
