Reflections on Movement
1990
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1990
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This drawing shows looping black lines on white paper. They twist like wire but stay flat. The marks overlap and fade in places. Martin saw drawing as a kind of language. He used repeated strokes—called cross-hatching—to build texture and depth. Each line stays separate but joins the whole. His work feels alive, like a sketch caught mid-thought. Compare it to Martin’s own looped films from the 1970s. artist: Martin, Barry
