![]() ![]() OsloNowhere works closely with Martin and will update social media and our homepage with new works as soon as they arrive. We at OsloNowhere have worked with the street-art movement and artists in this genre for a long time, and are very happy about the attention and success that artists like Martin now is experiencing. ![]() In September 2020, we had the pleasure of presenting Martins work in an exhibition in an old gas station at Frogner in Oslo. Since 2012 the record price for this artist at auction is 81,250 USD for Behind the Curtain (Wynwood Walls Edition), sold at Heritage Auctions, Dallas in 2022. True to form, no gray space stays gray for long in Martins presence, wheter immersing entirely or embellishing a detail, the images dissapear beneath expressive, spray-painted strokes of assorted colours and textures. Martin Whatsons work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 124 USD to 81,250 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. The ashen tones of the compositions and vacant backgrounds are reminiscent of his alternative canvases, the concrete. Almost stylised, these minimal figures are constructed of a few layers of hand-cut stencils. Delicate and organic characters feature butterflies, ballerinas and animals all rendered in empty grayscale space. Giclee with 18 Colour Screen Print On 300 Gsm Somerset satin Paper. With as many works on walls as on canvas and paper, the relationship between vulnerability and strenght remains constant in each work. MARTIN WHATSON ROCK CLIMBER MAIN EDITION OF 250 LOTTERY PRINT. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aestethic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. Martin Whatson (f.1984) is a Norwegian street-artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. ![]()
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