MARTINEZ WEBSTER HC (2 BOOKS EDDIE MARTINEZ-CHUCK WEBSTER)

Two old friends are bound together in a two volume, full color set co-published with the fine gallery ZieherSmith in NYC. One 64 page hardcover features the paintings and drawings of Eddie Martinez. The other focuses on the paintings and drawings of Chuck Webster. These two Brooklyn-based pals, represented by Zieher-Smith, New York, are enamored of the romance of paint, making bold, colorful statements on canvas and paper. Martinez combines fearlessly expressive paint handling with a feel for cartoon imagery and personal symbology. Webster, on the other hand, makes minimal talasmanic paintings that are formally rigorous and impeccably polished. Together they present a friendly yin-yang of contemporary painting. The books are linked together by an interview with the artists and a selection of their collaborative drawings. Essays by Joao Ribas and Geoffrey Young are also included.