Ed. By Frances Morris and Tiffany Bell

“When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied”

Agnes Martin

As stated by the editors of this catalog, issued by Agnes Martin’s exhibition on Tate Modern, London, in 2015, “This groundbreaking survey provides an overview of Agnes Martin’s entire artistic output, from lesser known early experimental works through to her characteristic stripped and gridded paintings and a group of her final pieces that reintroduce bold forms. Essays by leading scholars provide the richest context for Martin’s oeuvre yet published, showing how an artist who aimed to work with her ‘back to the world’ was influenced by artistic contemporaries and spiritual writings, and exploring how this enigmatic figure has been presented and received through exhibitions and photographic portraits. With 150 illustrations a chronology and in-focus texts illuminating aspects of her key paintings, the book introduces Martin to those unfamiliar with her art and provides new insights for her many admirers.”

Agnes Martin, with her minimal and pattern based paintings and drawings, teach us how to look at patterns, composition, texture and structure of an image, in ways that all photographs deal withm their paractice. This book and Martin’s work is a master class!