Martí Cormand

Caseta 2

2021

8"x10"x1"

Oil on wood panel

Fair market value: $3800

This painting is a landscape, but it is also a portrait of a caseta - literally a small house designed for children to play. It is on a farm in Spain where Cormand spent many summers with his brothers and cousins. For him, it contains layers of memory.

Born in Barcelona in 1970, Martí Cormand lives and works in Brooklyn. Selected exhibitions include: Twenty Twenty, curated by Richard Klein, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2020); Un elefante en El Prado, Espacio Minimo, Madrid (2019); Formalizing their concept: After Levine, After Evans, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, NY (2018); Walk the Distance and Slow Down: Selections from the Collection of JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO (2017); Postcards to AZ, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, NY (2016); Martí Cormand, Galería Cayón, Madrid (2014); Formalizing their concept, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid, (2014); Formalizing their concept, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, NY (2013); False Documents and Other Illustrations, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (2011); Martí Cormand: Aldrich Emerging Artist Award Show, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2007). Public collections include: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Dallas Museum of Art, TX.