Daniel Joseph Martinez – sneek peak @ new Linda Pace Foundation aquisition
Posted by justin on 26 May 2008 at 11:52 am | Tagged as: acquisitions, adventure day, art paparazzi, arts organizations, celebrity sightings, possibilities, sneak peeks
Invites have been circulating recently for a reception to mark the opening of the new Linda Pace Foundation offices (adjacent to Pace’s Camp Street residence) that have been quietly renovated over the last year or so. I noticed on my bike ride to the gallery last week that the big blank wall facing S. Flores had been installed with a new text piece. After some research, I’m concluding it is one of the new pieces of the Pace collection, mentioned in the reception invite as a Daniel Joseph Martinez. The invite mentions two new acquisitions for the Foundation, no info as to the other has yet surfaced.
Portrait of a mother (documents)
[...] Recently, I began a seemingly benign dialogue with contemporary artist Daniel J. Martinez. He was in town recently unveiling a piece he did for the Linda Pace Foundation. We struck up a conversation during the reception that has spilled over into a weeks long e-mail dialogue. He has sent me, of his own accord, probably a dozen writings about him and his work seemingly as a primer for an interview that I’d like to do with him for NeoAztlan, but more than that as a primer on his method. [...]