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// After Martin by Mark Grotjahn, created in 2011, is a limited edition mixed media print that combines Grotjahn’s characteristic abstract style with playful and illustrative elements. This work features a stylized figure, sketched in loose, colorful strokes, dressed in a striped outfit and appearing to hold or interact with a vase or abstract form. The handwritten text below the image reads, I am an Experienced Hustler and I am an Experienced Artist, adding a personal and humorous note that reflects Grotjahn’s engagement with identity and self-expression. With an edition size of only 30, this piece showcases Grotjahn’s ability to blend humor, simplicity, and conceptual depth in a small, intimate format.

Mark Grotjahn (United States, 1968) is an American artist renowned for his abstract and geometric paintings that explore color, perspective, and form. His work often features bold, radiating patterns and intricate compositions, drawing from art historical influences such as Renaissance techniques and modernist abstraction. Grotjahn's innovative approach has significantly impacted contemporary art.

Mark Grotjahn

After Martin, 2011

Name: After Martin, 2011
SKU: 6875

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Mixed Media

Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.

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Edition of 30

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After Martin, 2011

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Renowned for his exploration of perspective, Mark Grotjahn is an artist whose work spans across the mediums of colour drawings and paintings as well as sculpture. Grotjahn’s most notable work is his Butterfly series – developing on his geometric paintings, the Butterfly series are comprised of thick oil and painted in such a way that the subject appears to stretch, recede and shrink on the canvas. After a skiing accident, Grotjahn was unable to paint with the same intensity that he usually would and could not work for more than two hours at a time; his Face Paintings series sprung from this accident - works depicting a simple geometrical structure of mouth, nose and eyes – Grotjahn worked on sheets of cardboard for this series and would meticulously apply layers upon layers of oil resulting in an almost sculptural finish to his work.

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What is Colour Field Painting?

Colour Field Painting is an abstract style characterized by large areas of a single color or simple, solid colors. The term was first used in the 1950s to describe the work of three American Abstract Expressionist painters—Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. Their work emphasized the emotional power of color and the creation of vast, meditative spaces through expansive color fields.

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Mark Grotjahn

After Martin, 2011

22.9 x 15.2 cm

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