I first saw Martin C. Herbst’s globes in Chicago either at Next or Art Chicago. I immediately recognized them and recalled his name as soon as I saw them at Scope Miami (one of those I saw during Art was titled, Brain, but given my admittedly poor note-taking I am not sure which one…my handwriting looks like a 1st grader riding on a bus through the Andes).
These pieces were part of Christopher Cutts Gallery’s exhibit at Scope Art Show. I tried to videotape the backs of these. The front are globes with faces but the backs, in the interior are skulls. These are the sort of art that, I believe, will impress art lovers and folks who are less into art. My 12 year old, for instance, was suitably impressed by these in Chicago (boys like creepiness).
These pieces were part of Christopher Cutts Gallery’s exhibit at Scope Art Show. I tried to videotape the backs of these. The front are globes with faces but the backs, in the interior are skulls. These are the sort of art that, I believe, will impress art lovers and folks who are less into art. My 12 year old, for instance, was suitably impressed by these in Chicago (boys like creepiness).
Herbst lives in Vienna and is a native of Salzburg. He has exhibited regularly over the past 8 years and has several upcoming exhibitions in 2011. These include exhibitions at Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie in Zürich and at Jacob Karpio Galeria, San José in Costa Rica. It isn’t all about the people’s visages on orbs but represented in different ways that bend figuratively and change in mood. You might look at a piece from one angle and find its mood changes when you move to another.
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