Martin Kersels
US
Born in 1960, Los Angeles (California, USA)
Lives and works in Yale, New Haven (Connecticut, USA)
Bench
2022
Second hand furniture, wood, paint
84 x 152,5 x 51 inch.
Photo : Aurélien Mole
Dining Table
2022
Mixed media
304 x 94 x 75 inch.
Photo : Aurélien Mole
Underworld Chest
2022
Second hand furniture, wood, candle, cigarette lighter, 35mm slides, ceramic figure, watch
128,5 x 137 x 53,5 inch.
Photo : Eileen Emond
Jane Fonda
2018
LP covers, wood, motors, guitar strings, motors, cord, electrical lights
86,4 x 152,4 x 25,4 inch.
Ingrid Bergman
2018
LP covers, wood, motor, cord, electrical lights
88,9 x 76,2 x 45,7 inch.
Born to Die / Lonely Girl
2018
LP covers, chair, paint and wood
92,7 x 40,6 x 50,8 inch.
25 / Cheap Thrills
2018
LP covers, chair, paint and wood
44,5 x 12,7 x 54,6 inch.
The James Dean Story
2018
LP covers, paint and wood
106,7 x 71,1 x 50,8 inch.
The Smiling Bach / Lolita
2018
LP covers, paint and wood
43,2 x 41,9 x 35,6 inch.
It’s my way
2017
LP covers, paint and wood
44,5 x 53,3 x 12,7 inch.
Revolver / Seasons of Glass
2018
LP covers, paint and wood
57,2 x 61 x 44,5 inch.
Record Collection #5
2018
LP covers, paint and wood
58,4 x 108 x 25,4 inch.
Record Collection #6
2018
LP covers, paint and wood
125,7 x 165,1 x 10,2 inch.
The Eddie Duchin Story
2017
LP covers, paint and wood
40,6 x 130,8 x 12,7 inch.
Orpheus
2014
Mixed media
120 x 78 x 26 inch.
Atlas
2014
Mixed media
158 x 152 x 152 inch.
Hades
2014
Mixed media
110 x 68 x 50 inch.
Zeus as Centaur
2014
Mixed media
195 x 50,5 x 88 inch.
Hercules
2014
Mixed media
160 x 115 x 60 inch.
Table
2014
Mixed media
59 x 71 x 48 cm / 23 ¹/₄ x 28 x 18 ⁷/₈ inch.
Ear
2013
Painted wood
15,9 x 11,4 x 8,9 inch
Aphrodite 1
2014
B&W photograph
61 x 76,2 inch.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
Aphrodite 2
2014
B&W photograph
61 x 76,2 in.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
Aphrodite 4
2014
B&W photograph
61 x 76,2 in. / 24 x 30 in.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
Arachne (Aphrodite)
2013
Colour pencil on paper
48,3 x 61 inch
Arachne (Atlas)
2013
Colour pencil on paper
48,3 x 61 inch.
Arachne 1 (Olympus)
2014
Colour pencil on paper
48,3 x 61 inch.
Flotsam (Flotsam (Skeleton Tree Rings)
2011
Colour pencil on paper
76,2 x 55,9 inch.
Flotsam (Coat Trees)
2011
Colour pencil on paper
55,9 x 76,2 inch.
Flotsam (Tables Skeleton)
2011
Colour pencil on paper
76,2 x 56 inch.
Jumbo’s Clown Room
2010
Mixed media
27,5 x 18 x 25 inch.
Stack (Hearts on Fire)
2011
Books, wood, wax
45,7 x 20,6 x 23,8 inch.
Headache
2008
Wood, steel, aluminium, rope, rubber, cloth
307,5 x 228,5 x 142 inch.
Scrubby
2008
Wood, plastic canopy, vinyl seat, aluminum foil
321,5 x 272 x 119,5 inch.
Charm (Hand)
2011
Mixed media
Variables dimensions
Rickety
2007
Mixed media
350 x 580 x 450 inch.
View of the Solo Show « Heavyweight Champion », The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga, USA
Performance – Chorégraphie « Huh ? »
(in collaboration with Melinda Ring)
2007
45’
Ripcord (en collaboration avec Leslie Dick & Mark Wheaton)
2008
Video installation , various elements
variable dimensions
film 8’5’’
²⁰⁰⁴/₂₀₀₅
mixed media, electric motor, steel
approx. 210 x 400 x 400 inch.
Photo : Bruce Morr
Collection Santa Monica Museum of Art, USA
Sleeper’s dream
2003
Mixed media
411,5 x 366 x 106,5 inch.
Collection Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Fat Man
2002
Mixed media
115 x 200 x 300 inch.
Exhibition view « Fat Man », Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris, France
Fat Iggy: Discography (King’s Ransom)
2009
Mixed media on paper
73,5 x 58,5 inch.
Fat Iggy: Discography (Dona Quixote)
2009
Mixed media on paper
61 x 45,5 inch.
Fat Iggy
2009
7 B&W photographs
each 33 x 48,5 inch.
edition of 6
Fat Iggy
2009
7 B&W photographs
each 33 x 48,5 inch.
edition of 6
Whirling Melinda
1999
Cibachrome
80 x 128 inch.
Edition of 10 + 2 A.P
Tossing a Friend (Patty)
1996
Cibachrome
67 x 100 inch.
Edition of 6