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Best Western: Art by Martin WebbJanuary 17th to February 18th, 2008British born artist Martin Webb exhibits cement mixed medium work at Esteban Sabar Gallery from January 17th to February 18th. An artist’s reception takes place January 25th from 6pm to 9pm. Martin Webb’s concrete wall mounted panels convey the collaged experiences that extended journeys on America’s highways deliver to blurry travelers. Charmingly naive impressions of roadside landmarks such as hotel signs and lone houses make the clearest impression on the mind’s eye amid the motion blur of a road trip. Reflecting the flypaper nature of the mind, embedded keys, pipe endings, colored blocks, and suggestive words overlap painted simple outlines of figures and dwellings in Webb’s cement paintings. Webb delivers light, simple imagery and collage to counterbalance the monumental presentations of these concrete slabs. Webb's weightless touch with concrete simultaneously evokes lyrical children's sidewalk chalk drawings and delicately faded prehistoric cave paintings. A refreshingly subdued range of pigment colors showcase the concreteís blue-grey shades, and an obvious familiarity with the medium lets Webb exploit concreteís texture and variability of surface masterfully. What could be construed as a novel medium, cement is dexterously embraced by Webb, who delicately records experiences in gray slab as if jotting impressions down in the most gossamer of sketchbooks. These wall hung concrete panels encapsulate the visual conflict between Americaís flowing, organic nature and itís blocky, weathered industrial landscape. Overall, one gets from Webbís art the impression of travel memories left behind, embedded in the very roads visited. Public preview begins January 17th, 2008. Artist’s Reception: An Artists’ Reception for “Best Western” will take place on January 25th, 2008, 6-9pm. This show run through April 5th, 2008. Exhibitions Archive
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