Martin Basher’s painting and sculptural work is situated in the lineage of display-based artistic practices. Working with the languages of retail and advertising, Basher explores the emotional charge of common objects and images. From his trademark paintings of gradated stripes and photo-real beaches to sculptural installations serving as displays for consumer goods, Basher activates spaces of sublimated psychological desire, at once familiar and strange for the altered retail scenarios they present. In these complex displays, Basher invokes unspoken drives, and the mundane and exclusive, the highbrow and lowbrow, and the public and private impulses that inform us as consuming individuals.
Birds of Paradise, September 15 – October 27, 2020
Staycation, April 7 – May 30, 2020
Strawberry Coconut Cream Pie, May 12 – June 23, 2018
The Armory Show, March 2 – 5, 2017
A Guide to Benefits, June 13 – July 25, 2015
Martin Basher
Education
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Two Person and Group Exhibitions
Curatorial Projects
Selected Bibliography
Martin Basher’s painting and sculptural work is situated in the lineage of display-based artistic practices. Working with the languages of retail and advertising, Basher explores the emotional charge of common objects and images. From his trademark paintings of gradated stripes and photo-real beaches to sculptural installations serving as displays for consumer goods, Basher activates spaces of sublimated psychological desire, at once familiar and strange for the altered retail scenarios they present. In these complex displays, Basher invokes unspoken drives, and the mundane and exclusive, the highbrow and lowbrow, and the public and private impulses that inform us as consuming individuals.
Birds of Paradise, September 15 – October 27, 2020
Staycation, April 7 – May 30, 2020
Strawberry Coconut Cream Pie, May 12 – June 23, 2018
The Armory Show, March 2 – 5, 2017
A Guide to Benefits, June 13 – July 25, 2015
Martin Basher
Education
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Two Person and Group Exhibitions
Curatorial Projects
Selected Bibliography