In the second installment of the gallery’s new Podcast, Motion in Field, artist and designer Doug McCollough reflects on the circumstances that led to Rosebud (2024), a static-kinetic sculpture whose abstracted form, inbuilt potential for movement, and decided lack of function marks a clear departure in his practice. Motion in Field, presented by Marta and writer Christopher Schreck, is the sibling to the gallery’s ongoing Mezzanine program. The interview-based Podcast is a deep-dive into the extracurricular output of contemporary artists and designers. Listen to—or read an illustrated transcript of—Episode 002 HERE, or subscribe free via Apple, Spotify, or the podcast provider of your choice HERE.

In the early summer months, the gallery hosted a small contingent of Barcelona’s artistic community via the presentation of works from two creatives from the Poblenou neighborhood of that dynamic Catalonian city. Klas Ernflo & Marc Morro’s Árboles (June 22 – August 03 2024) comprised lush textile paintings from the former alongside distilled furniture works from the latter. View the exhibition and its component pieces HERE.

In the first instance of the gallery’s diminutive anteroom playing host to an autonomous solo exhibition, Box Works (June 22 – August 03 2024) saw the collation of some fifteen works from Isabel Rower’s ongoing series of the same name. Realized in high-fire stoneware, the series’ title, tonality, and contours recall the very same castoff material—cardboard boxes that once shipped raw clay to Rower and her mom, the artist Maria Robledo—that earlier comprised the loose molds and formworks for the pieces in question. View the exhibition and its works HERE.

The gallery is happy to present its new Podcast, Motion in Field, a binary star to the gallery’s ongoing Mezzanine program. Presented by Marta and writer Christopher Schreck, Motion in Field is a deep-dive into the extracurricular output of contemporary artists and designers. Each installment features a single guest discussing their contribution to the gallery’s Mezzanine series, which hosts small, focused, often supplementary work from artists within and outside of Marta’s regular exhibition program. The ensuing conversations provide insight into the concepts and techniques that have inspired each practitioner to step beyond their signature output and explore fascinating new terrains. In Episode 001, artist and designer Minjae Kim reflects on the circumstances that led to the Fold Sconce, an open edition which confirms the experimental tendencies that have long shaped his output, while also marking a new direction in his practice. Listen to or read a transcript of Episode 001 HERE, or subscribe free via Apple, Spotify, or the podcast provider of your choice HERE.

We are delighted to announce that Nifemi Marcus-Bello’s TM Bench with Bowl has been acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Realized in tandem with artisans in Marcus-Bello’s hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, TM Bench with Bowl was part of Marcus-Bello’s solo presentation Oríkì (Act II): Tales by Moonlight, which comprised four small editions—TM Moon, TM Bench w/ Bowl, TM Bench, and TM Vessel—sand-cast in and from recycled aluminum. Act III of the artist’s Oríkì series will follow in 2025.

In celebratory fashion and in the lead-up to the gallery’s five-year anniversary, Rites of Spring (April 27 – June 08) comprised thirty-nine works by twenty-four artists across nineteen practices, all of whom have in some way animated Marta’s roster since its inception in 2019. View the exhibition and its works HERE.

From May 16 – 20, the gallery had the honor of participating in the first-ever Los Angeles iteration of the decade-old Design Miami, which held its inaugural West Coast fair in a historic Holmby Hills residence originally realized by legendary Black architect Paul Revere Williams. Marta occupied the former men’s dressing quarters and adjacent veranda on the stately home’s second floor, and highlighted works from a number of the gallery’s represented and collaborating artists. View the presentation HERE.

From May 02 – 05, in a booth on the 4th Floor of the former Dia building in New York’s Chelsea, Marta had the pleasure of presenting new and existing works by Korean painter Myoung-Ae Lee alongside new functional sculptures in stoneware by New York-based artist Isabel Rower. This was the gallery’s inaugural participation in the New Art Dealers Alliance’s New York fair. The gallery has been a member of NADA since 2023. View the presentation and its works HERE.

From February 24 – April 03, Marta hosted Bennet Schlesinger’s In Tune With Itself, the artist’s inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery. Comprising formally adventurous lighting works in ceramic, bamboo, and paper—materials now quintessential of Schlesinger’s California-based practice—the presentation also featured new works realized in walnut with inlaid ceramic. View the exhibition and its works HERE.

From January 06 – February 17, the gallery had the pleasure and honor of presenting new works from George Sherman. Entitled On Fire, the exhibition showcased monumental new floor and wall works in septuagenarian Sherman’s signature high-fire stoneware. The ceramic sculptures—which are intended for placement both indoors and out, in gallery or garden—mark a shift towards earthwork-adjacent scales, highlighting Sherman’s mastery of craft engineering. View the exhibition and its works HERE.