Martin Boyce Concrete Autumn (Phantom Tree), 2005
C-Print
123 x 83 x 4 cm (framed)
The work refers to an image of Jan and Joel Martel 1925 concrete trees constructed for the Robert Mallet-Stevens’s Pavilion of Transport at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. Part of the image is visible through a black frame, which itself recalls the simplified outline of one of the trees. Since 2005 elements drawing on the Martel’s trees have been an important part of the artist’s formal vocabulary.