Art Auction - Arms Around the Child, Timed

Martin Brown is an Australian-born, London-based artist (Australian/British) whose

paintings deal primarily with the built environment, especially urban spaces. Drawing

on the history of painting in the Western tradition, to explore ideas of memory and

perception as they relate to the architecture and topography of modern cities.

Through the employment and layering of different painterly styles and techniques,

producing work that reveals the traces of the past in the present moment, forming

visual ‘timelines’ in a single picture.
 

The Artwork featured is a watercolour, ink and graphite study for the larger oil

painting titled “The Boston, Tufnell Park” which was previously exhibited in the

Exhibition Displacement in Paris 2016. The Artwork “The Boston, Tufnell Park,

study” was made in preparation for the larger work, it is a scene of an intersection

near where the artist lives in North London. The work was made “en plein air” and

has not previously been exhibited.
 

After a formative period of exhibiting extensively in Australia from the mid 90’s,

Martin relocated to London in 2003. Since then, he has had solo shows in London,

Basel, Paris and most recently a solo exhibition in Venice. He is currently based in

London and Northern Italy.