POW Martinez - by Tony Godfrey (Paperback)

Name: POW Martinez - by Tony Godfrey (Paperback)
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Essentializes the chaotic brilliance of an artist who distorts and reconstructs contemporary painting with irreverent wit and electric color.
About the Author: Tony Godfrey is an art historian and curator.
160 Pages
Art, Individual Artists

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Essentializes the chaotic brilliance of an artist who distorts and reconstructs contemporary painting with irreverent wit and electric color.

Pow Martinez's paintings are at once riotous and enigmatic: boldly colored and teetering between beauty and absurdity. His work pulls from the raw energy of underground comics and the anxieties of modern life, all rendered in his signature expressive style. In this first comprehensive monograph on Martinez, renowned art writer Tony Godfrey tracks the evolution of the artist's practice from 2009 to 2023, providing a rich background on his influences and restless experimentation.

Structured around intimate conversations with the artist, Pow Martinez examines his shifting visual language, from grotesque figures and chaotic compositions to recent explorations of cinema and surreal storytelling. Godfrey's lively writing brings Martinez's world to life, capturing the artist's wit and sheer love of image-making. Featuring a selection of full-color reproductions, this superbly produced volume is both a celebration of Martinez's work and an essential document of one of the most distinctive voices in Filipino contemporary art.

About the Author

Tony Godfrey is an art historian and curator. Elaine W. Ng is editor and publisher of ArtAsiaPacific, a publication dedicated to contemporary art from Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East. Richard Vine is the managing editor of Art in America.

Dimensions (Overall): 10.0 Inches (H) x 7.48 Inches (W)

Weight: 1.0 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 160

Genre: Art

Sub-Genre: Individual Artists

Publisher: Artasiapacific

Theme: Monographs

Format: Paperback

Author: Tony Godfrey

Language: English

Street Date: December 31, 2025

TCIN: 1006924544

UPC: 9789887059349

Item Number (DPCI): 247-42-5538

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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