Enrique Martínez Celaya: Small Paintings 1974-2015 is scheduled to open at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama on Friday, January 22, 2016. The exhibition will feature more than 45 small paintings, tracing both chronological developments and many of the artist’s long-abiding themes, while also revealing his evolving approach to composition and technique over four decades. In addition to the two galleries of small paintings, the exhibition will also feature a gallery of five large-scale paintings, providing further insight into the profound body of work and offering additional context to understand the significance of these small works. 

The Faithful, one of these large paintings (pictured in progress above), was first shown at L.A Louver in Martínez Celaya’s 2012 exhibition The Hunt’s Will. Click here for images, as well as short film of the artist preparing for the show.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Small Paintings 1974-2015 is on view at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, January 22 – March 19, 2016.

IMAGE: Martínez Celaya painting The Faithful, 2012