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Christopher Martin: The Bare and Bold Truth
Hashimoto Contemporary // March 06, 2021 - March 27, 2021
March 04, 2021 | in Textiles
As a tattoo and textile artist, Christopher Martin is importantly guided by the tradition of folk art. His reverence for text, appreciation for the history of his material and careful collection of imagery are powerful reminders of how folk and outsider art traditions can be reinvented for new generations, new eras. What speaks to me about Martin’s work is the stark, blunt immediacy that challenges the weight of our world with naked solidarity. On the eve of his solo show at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, the North Carolina-born, Bay Area-based Martin talks frankly about Southern folk art traditions, race in America and exclusion within the tattoo community.
Frances and Steve Waltien To-day my thoughts wandered back to our evening together out on Smith s road on Saturday and I thought of holding you close to me and I could actually hear and feel you breathing. But I don t know what comes of all this thinking except pleasant memories of the past and a grim realization of the circumstances of the present. Excerpt from a letter to Frances O Brien from Steve Waltien, October 21, 1930, Saranac Lake, N.Y. Ali Waltien didn t expect much when she read the email s subject line: Grandparent Letters. A child life specialist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, she routinely coached her clients and their families through end-of-life work, including helping terminally ill patients write letters to loved ones.