Commonwealth and Council

FOG Design+Art

Leslie Martinez

Press Release

Installation view

Photo: Chris Grunder

Installation view

Photo: Chris Grunder

Installation view

Photo: Chris Grunder

The Cave of Turning Space

2024

Canvas scraps, used terrycloth studio rags, used studio clothing, polyester sewing threads, rolled canvas tubes, paint chips, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvas

Approx. 60 x 75 x 5 in (152 x 191 x 13 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of The Cave of Turning Space

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Chris Grunder

Ironclad Cloak

2024

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

Approx. 42 x 36 x 5 in (107 x 91 x 13 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Ironclad Cloak

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Ironclad Cloak

Photo: Paul Salveson

Out of the Gap Where Darkness Echos, Mustangs Took Off Running

2023

Canvas scraps, used studio rags, used studio clothing, plastic film stuffing, polyester sewing threads, paper fragments, mop head fibers, paint chips, buckwheat hull, iron silicate, pumice, glass beads, sumi ink, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvas

Approx. 90 x 160 x 10 in (229 x 407 x 26 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Out of the Gap Where Darkness Echos, Mustangs Took Off Running

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Out of the Gap Where Darkness Echos, Mustangs Took Off Running

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Out of the Gap Where Darkness Echos, Mustangs Took Off Running

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Out of the Gap Where Darkness Echos, Mustangs Took Off Running

Photo: Paul Salveson

Subterranean Dreams

2024

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

Approx. 42 x 36 x 5 in (107 x 91 x 13 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Subterranean Dreams

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Subterranean Dreams

Photo: Paul Salveson

Calcified Veil

2024

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

Approx. 60 x 48 x 5 in (152 x 122 x 13 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Calcified Veil

Photo: Paul Salveson

Tourniquet

2024

Canvas scraps, used terrycloth studio rags, used studio clothing, polyester sewing threads, rolled paper tubes, buckwheat hull, paint chips, modeling paste, acrylic paint on canvas

Approx. 42 x 36 x 5 in (107 x 91 x 13 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail of Tourniquet

Photo: Paul Salveson