MARTINA NEHRLING
Chicago, IL
Biography CV Statement Press
“Seduced by the formal complexity of color, I revel in its emotive slipperiness and enjoy mining its controversial decorativeness. The inextricability of these aspects unique to color continually spurs my engagement. Tuned to the vivid and continuous absurd disparities of daily life, I weave visual rhythms—resonant, discordant, muscular, mellifluous—in patterns akin to currents and eddies, note taking, list making, pixilation and mapping.”
– Martina Nehrling
RECENT EXHIBITION
COLOR CURE
an invitational exhibition
May 6th – June 26th, 2021
RICHARD OF YORK GAVE BATTLE IN VAIN
48 X 60″ acrylic on canvas
SOLD
RICHARD OF YORK – detail
“Martina Nehrling makes bright impasto acrylic paintings of concentric circles, that mesmerize you with their vibrancy and hypnotic patterns.”
– Philip A Hartigan, HYPERALLERGIC
PINCH
30 X 36″ acrylic on canvas
SOLD
PINCH – detail
JAB – detail
NEGOTIATION 1 – detail
“I use multiple distinct brushstrokes for their staccato quality and graphic directness, and employ highly saturated chroma for its insistence, its unapologetic hysteria, its mirth and its
madness. With this tensile language I explore what it means to be here, musing meditatively or ranting in lush celebration, high-pitched lament, or raucous rebellion.”
– Martina Nehrling
TASTY
12 X 16″ acrylic on montval
SOLD
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