Tirzo Martha

chronic monochrome

Martha, Tirzo
Bindels, Sjors (ed.)
Martis, Adi (ed.)
Perrée, Rob (ed.)

On 7 July, the publication Chronic Monochrome by artist Tirzo Martha will be released. This publication, edited by Eleonoor Jap Sam and designed by Mainstudio's Edwin van Gelder, focuses on the eponymous series of some 30 near-white works from 2021-2022. Martha previously presented these white monochrome installations in 2022 under the title Chronic Monochrome at the Museo di Kòrsou and at his studio Fruteria Bashí on the Capriles Clinic site.
The works were created after the artist was admitted to hospitals in Colombia and Curaçao in 2018 following a heart infection, and also mark a turning point in Martha's oeuvre. A selection from this series is also on display in the Netherlands for the first time in the Intensive Care exhibition at museum van Bommel van Dam.
Authors Adi Martis and Rob Perrée elaborate on the themes in this series and its position within Martha's oeuvre in their contributions in the book. In an intimate interview, curator Sjors Bindels talks to Tirzo Martha about his position as an artist in the Netherlands and Curaçao. Previously, Jap Sam Books published the monograph Tirzo Martha - I'll wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead (Jap Sam Books, 2017).
This second monograph on the work of artist Tirzo Martha (Willemstad, Curacao 1965) offers a compelling complilation of his newest art works, mixed media performances and installations.