Timothy Taylor’s “Cowboy Town” exhibition—which opened to the public on Thursday—gathers a series of new paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Eddie Martinez.
The artworks, all painted within the past few months, explore the contemporary socio-political climate in the US, while also marking a shift in Martinez’s work towards figuration.
The paintings maintain the characteristic red, yellow, and blue hues Martinez is known for, but presented in a more dystopian, menacing manner.
The eponymous painting Cowboy Town, for example, presents a face emerging amidst chaos, adding to the feeling of uneasiness.
“The title, ‘Cowboy Town,’ is definitely some sort of reaction to the current political state we are in, but I can’t tell if the title reflects the paintings or if the paintings reflect the title,” said Martinez regarding the new body of work.
