Karel Martens

Beschrijving

Tent. KM, Tokyo, Ginza Graphic Gallery, 08-05-2013, 30-05-2013. - Kunstenaarsboek toont een overzicht van het werkproces en de ontwerpen van de Belgische vormgever Karel Martens (Mook en Middelaar 08-03-1939). - Comprising scores of photographs from inside the studio of the prolific Dutch graphic designer and educator Karel Martens, this book is a testament to the personal and experimental nature of his work. Although he can be placed in the tradition of Dutch modernism, Martens seems to maintain a certain distance from contemporary developments. The shelves of books and stacks of papers seen in these images are evocative of both his professional practice and work as an artist, which more recently entails making relief prints from found industrial artefacts. A fascinating and intimate creative portrait of this design community mentor