Martin Denker

August 27 – October 15

Abstract digital artwork featuring various overlapping circles with a range of transparent textures, presenting a blend of vivid and reflective colors.
Abstract painting featuring a dense, overlapping array of colorful, distorted circular shapes resembling reflections in bubbles or lenses. Colorful and vibrant with a chaotic pattern.
An abstract art piece showcasing a multitude of overlapping, translucent circles in various pastel shades, creating a visually textured and colorful mosaic effect.
Digital artwork depicting a pixelated scene with trees and an elevated highway in a moody, hazy setting, evoking a video game aesthetic.
A colorful wall installation composed of numerous circular discs, each displaying different intricate patterns, illuminated dramatically in a dark setting.
A vibrant and complex digital collage featuring a whimsical mix of abstract forms, mysterious creatures, and colorful details that capture a dream-like, surreal atmosphere.
Two people viewing an intricate, colorful artwork displayed in a gallery, standing closely to observe its details.
Visitors engage in conversation at an art gallery with paintings displayed along the walls of a well-lit corridor.

Press Release

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to announce a solo show by German photographer Martin Denker. This 34-year-old artist pushes the boundaries and expectations of contemporary photography, creating pictorial spaces that border just on the brink of insanity.

Denker utilizes appropriation and photomontage to create an explosive world that blends motion, beauty and rage, mimicking the daily information rollercoaster in which we live. Working much like a deejay, Denker samples from news clippings, film-stills, magazines, tabloids, graffiti, architecture, advertising, and his own source imagery. He manipulates these clippings through a series of rigorous digital transformations into endless layers of color and texture. Denker has described his work as, “an optical paranoia, as if Goya had a Playstation, van Gogh a laptop, and Picasso a mobile (phone) with camera and all”.

From 2002 to 2007, Denker was an assistant to Andreas Gursky. During this time he was also a master student of Thomas Ruff at The Art Academy of Düsseldorf. Martin Denker now focuses solely on his own projects and currently lives and works in Germany.


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Dates: August 27–October 15, 2010
Reception: October 2, 6–8 pm
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com, www.levygallery.com @levygallery

Artwork and Information

Martin Denker