DANI MARTI
Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection

Before training as a painter Dani Marti spent time in Barcelona learning traditional tapestry techniques. In George 2001 Marti has woven together industrial polymer ropes in fluorescent yellow and orange to create a non representational portrait. In the plaiting and weaving of synthetic fibres we search for evidence of George and are reminded of how often we associate those nearest and dearest with their clothing, its texture and scent. Like a CSI close up, we are invited into a microcosmic and intimate encounter.

Marti’s tactile works are often associated with particular people in the artist’s life and even though they refuse to portray a subject in the manner of conventional portraiture, they emanate with a sense of character and the feel of personality.