{"id":410849,"date":"2023-08-18T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=410849"},"modified":"2023-08-22T12:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:27:32","slug":"donald-martiny-bonheur-de-vivre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/donald-martiny-bonheur-de-vivre\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Martiny\u2019s Jumbo Brushstrokes Magnify the Undeniable Personality of Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/donald-martiny-american\/art\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Martiny, Bonheur de Vivre, 2023, shown in Madison Gallery with a woman walking by\" class=\"wp-image-411241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1-950x634.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MADISONGALLERY\u00a9del-mar-photographics-5548-scaled-1-1399x933.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An installation view of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/mixed-media\/donald-martiny-bonheur-de-vivre\/id-a_12224232\/\">Bonheur de Vivre<\/a><\/em>, 2023,  in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/donald-martiny-american\/\">Donald Martiny<\/a>&#8216;s recent exhibition \u201cUrpflanze,\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/madison-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madison Gallery<\/a>, in Solana Beach, California. Photo \u00a9 del-mar-photographics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/donald-martiny-american\/art\/\">Donald Martiny<\/a> crafts his giant gestural paintings by pulling and pushing a massive brush loaded with polymer medium across an aluminum \u201ccanvas,\u201d creating thick, colorful brushstrokes. He then cuts each stroke free, mounts it on brackets and hangs it on the wall, thereby \u201cmaking a gesture into an object,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work shown here, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/mixed-media\/donald-martiny-bonheur-de-vivre\/id-a_12224232\/\">Bonheur de Vivre<\/a><\/em> (2023), comprises six separate brushstrokes, in mustard yellow, cocoa brown, pale azure, millennial pink and two grassy shades of green, assembled in a composition that pulsates with energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conceived for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madisongalleries.com\/exhibition\/donald-martiny-urpflanze\/\">Urpflanze<\/a>,\u201d his recent solo show at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/madison-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madison Gallery<\/a>, in Solana Beach, California, <em>Bonheur de Vivre<\/em> was inspired by Martiny\u2019s longtime study of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/henri-matisse\/\">Henri Matisse<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.barnesfoundation.org\/objects\/7199\/Le-Bonheur-de-vivre-also-called-The-Joy-of-Life\/\">painting of the same name<\/a>, which lives at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barnes Foundation<\/a>, in Philadelphia, and portrays naked figures dancing, playing music and otherwise disporting themselves in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/mixed-media\/donald-martiny-bonheur-de-vivre\/id-a_12224232\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Martiny-Bonheur-de-Vivre-950x751.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Martiny, Bonheur de Vivre, 2023\" class=\"wp-image-411264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Martiny-Bonheur-de-Vivre-950x751.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Martiny-Bonheur-de-Vivre-443x350.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Martiny-Bonheur-de-Vivre-120x95.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Martiny-Bonheur-de-Vivre-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Martiny-Bonheur-de-Vivre.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A closer look at <em>Bonheur de Vivre<\/em>. Photo \u00a9 del-mar-photographics<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted to make a painting that showed peace and love,\u201d says Martiny, who works in a barnlike studio in Connecticut near his home.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cI look at art history all the time, and this is probably one of the loveliest ideas I could possibly think of when there are so many negative things going on in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The piece was made at the tail end of an exciting year, filled with what Martiny calls \u201ca cyclone of work,\u201d including two enormous commissions: one for Dubai\u2019s new \u00fcber-blingy resort <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantis.com\/atlantis-the-royal\">Atlantis The Royal<\/a> and another for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldmartiny.com\/commission-atlantan-ga\">glass-fronted lobby<\/a> of the Visa building in Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also joined the illustrious list of artists, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/alex-katz\/art\/\">Alex Katz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/ellsworth-kelly\/art\/\">Ellsworth Kelly<\/a>, who have worked with the <a href=\"https:\/\/paultaylordance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Taylor Dance Company<\/a>, creating sets and collaborating on costume color choices for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/paultaylordance.org\/somewhere-in-the-middle\/\">Somewhere in the Middle<\/a>, <\/em>choreographed by Amy Hall Garner, which premiered last November.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em> called the dance\u2019s message \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/04\/arts\/dance\/paul-taylor-new-era-season.html\">mainly unabashed joy<\/a>,\u201d and that\u2019s what Martiny was aiming for here. \u201cMy paintings are a celebration of color and form and life,\u201d he says. \u201cLife is movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"interstitial-banner interstitial-banner-collection interstitial-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martiny_master-1000x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-interstitial size-interstitial\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container interstitial-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"interstitial-link-around-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/donald-martiny-american\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore More Donald Martiny Art on 1stDibs\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-subheading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"gold-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/donald-martiny-american\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>View All<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Martiny crafts his giant gestural paintings by pulling and pushing a massive brush loaded with polymer medium across an aluminum \u201ccanvas,\u201d creating thick, colorful brushstrokes. 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