Commonwealth and Council

Art Basel Paris with Emalin

Daiga Grantina, Leslie Martinez, Nikita Gale

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Leslie Martinez

With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust

2024

Canvas scraps, used studio rags, used studio clothing, polyester sewing threads, paper fragments, paint chips, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvas
Approx. 75 x 60 x 9 in (200 x 152 x 22 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Detail of With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Detail of With the Giant Ants Shooting Marbles in the Dust

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Soft Vibrations Crossing Waves Through the Carrot Patch

2024

Canvas scraps, used studio rags, used studio clothing, polyester sewing threads, paper fragments, paint chips, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvas

Approx. 48 x 60 x 8 in (122 x 152 x 20 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Detail of Soft Vibrations Crossing Waves Through the Carrot Patch

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Detail of Soft Vibrations Crossing Waves Through the Carrot Patch

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Hot Rusty Hands Throwing Lasso on Steel Horns

2024

Canvas scraps, used studio rags, used studio clothing, polyester sewing threads, paper fragments, paint chips, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvas

Approx. 42 x 37 x 7 in (106 x 94 x 17 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Detail of Hot Rusty Hands Throwing Lasso on Steel Horns

Photo: Paul Salveson

Leslie Martinez

Detail of Hot Rusty Hands Throwing Lasso on Steel Horns

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

HXSTXRICAL RECORD

2022

Bleachers, keyboard, synthesizer, transducer, trilobite, shungite, calcite, spotlights, performance

Approx. 35 x 47.25 x 53.5 in (89 x 120 x 136 cm); installation dimensions variable

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of HXSTXRICAL RECORD

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of HXSTXRICAL RECORD

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of HXSTXRICAL RECORD

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

FIXED LOOPS III

2019

Concrete, polyurethane foam, terrycloth, steel

Approx. 55.5 x 21.75 x 13 in (141 x 55 x 33 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of FIXED LOOPS III

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

FIXED LOOPS II

2019

Concrete, polyurethane foam, terrycloth, steel

Approx. 62 x 17.5 x 12 in (157 x 44 x 30 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of FIXED LOOPS II

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

FIXED LOOPS I

2019

Concrete, polyurethane foam, terrycloth, steel

Approx. 59.5 x 14.75 x 13.25 in (151 x 37 x 34 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of FIXED LOOPS I

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

FIXED LOOPS VI

2019

Concrete, polyurethane foam, terrycloth, steel

Approx. 53 x 18 x 13 in (135 x 46 x 33 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Nikita Gale

Detail of FIXED LOOPS VI

Photo: Paul Salveson