We can’t get enough of the Los Angeles-based artist Patrick Martinez. Last week, it was a preview of his new show “Buy Now Cry Later” at the Minneapolis gallery Public Functionary; this week, we get a glimpse into the preparation of screen prints for the show, as well as an insider look into his art. He talks about his genesis in the field, how he moved from graffiti, to painting in trainyards, to gravitating to canvases, to developing his neon concepts from his environment in East L.A. The interview was conducted and cut by none other than Martinez collaborator and fellow artist Estevan Oriol.
“I look at art as a privilege to do this,” Martinez says in the clip “That’s something that I cherish, to wake up and come to the studio and create.”
Oriol's YouTube description of the video is just as fascinating:
Check it out above.
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