COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Patrick Martinez: All Season Portfolio” is on view at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles through Saturday, February 18. The solo exhibition represents new work in a wide range of media, including neon works that reference hip-hop culture, paintings on stucco panels, and works on found Pee-Chee folders that “memorialize victims of police brutality,” according to the show’s release.
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Installation view of "Patrick Martinez: All Season Portfolio," 2017, at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, Then They Came For Me, 2016, neon, installation view.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, funerals and birthdays, 2017, ceramic, acrylic, neon, and mixed media on panel with wall stucco.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, boyle heights cake spot, 2016, acrylic and stucco on panel.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, all female portfolio, 2016, acrylic on panel.
"Top: Loreal Tsingine, shot and killed by Winslow police officer Austin Shipley in March 2016 after officers suspected her of shoplifting in a local store and confronted her. Middle: Protesting woman being detained for burning traditional sage. Bottom: Michelle Lee
Shirley, shot and killed by police."
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, dapl pee chee, 2016, acrylic on panel.
"Top: Sioux youth protesting DAPL. Middle: protester with American flag being arrested by North Dakota police. Bottom: DAPL police attack protesters with K-9 dogs."
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Installation view of "Patrick Martinez: All Season Portfolio," 2017, at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, Rodney, 2016, ballpoint pen and liquid paper on found Pee-Chee.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, 92 Riots, 2016, ballpoint pen and liquid paper on found Pee-Chee.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, Public Enemy, 2016, ballpoint pen and liquid paper on found Pee-Chee.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Patrick Martinez, Useful Information (detail), 2016, silkscreen on hand-painted paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
Installation view of "Patrick Martinez: All Season Portfolio," 2017, at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES