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Daniel Joseph Martinez — Two Sisters
Daniel Joseph Martinez — Two Sisters
Daniel Joseph Martinez

Two Sisters

1995

Two Sisters (1995) presents a quietly arresting double portrait rendered in dye transfer, a process renowned for its exceptional color fidelity and luminous surface quality. Martinez works with the intimacy of the photographic image while pushing it toward something more charged and considered, positioning two young figures within a composition that measures just under sixty-three centimeters across. The result is a work that holds its subjects with a directness that resists sentimentality, inviting sustained looking rather than easy resolution. Daniel Joseph Martinez is among the most rigorously interrogative figures in American conceptual art, with a practice spanning photography, installation, and public intervention that consistently examines identity, power, and the construction of the social body. His work enters institutional collections with a weight earned over decades, held by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, among others. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Getty Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, Martinez occupies a singular position within both the Los Angeles art community and the broader critical conversation around politically engaged practice. This signed dye transfer work, offered through Lions Gallery, presents a focused opportunity to acquire a photographic work from an artist whose output from the 1990s is particularly well regarded. The piece is currently in a matting and unframed, allowing the collector flexibility in presentation while preserving the integrity of the print itself.

Medium
Dye Transfer
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Lions Gallery, Surfside, FL

For Sale — $1200

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Daniel Joseph Martinez, Two Sisters, 1995

Two Sisters (1995) presents a quietly arresting double portrait rendered in dye transfer, a process renowned for its exceptional color fidelity and luminous surface quality. Martinez works with the intimacy of the photographic image while pushing it toward something more charged and considered, positioning two young figures within a composition that measures just under sixty-three centimeters across. The result is a work that holds its subjects with a directness that resists sentimentality, inviting sustained looking rather than easy resolution. Daniel Joseph Martinez is among the most rigorously interrogative figures in American conceptual art, with a practice spanning photography, installation, and public intervention that consistently examines identity, power, and the construction of the social body. His work enters institutional collections with a weight earned over decades, held by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, among others. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Getty Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, Martinez occupies a singular position within both the Los Angeles art community and the broader critical conversation around politically engaged practice. This signed dye transfer work, offered through Lions Gallery, presents a focused opportunity to acquire a photographic work from an artist whose output from the 1990s is particularly well regarded. The piece is currently in a matting and unframed, allowing the collector flexibility in presentation while preserving the integrity of the print itself.

Medium
Dye Transfer
Dimensions
overall: 55.9 x 62.9 x 2.5 cm
Year
1995
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Lions Gallery, Surfside, FL

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