L.A. TIMES REVIEW: 

“Review: Martinez Celaya and the rugged beauty of becoming” by Leah Ollman

In the work of Enrique Martínez Celaya, the yearning, aching soul finds its form. 

Consider “The Invisible (or The Power of Forbearance),” an installation in the artist’s deeply penetrating show at L.A. Louver. A single bare bulb hangs in the small side gallery, directly over the life-size bronze figure of a boy whose body is beginning to stretch in height but not yet fill out. The emergent incongruities of his physical form alone signal transition, the rugged beauty of becoming. He stands in shallow, dark water, his hands fisted at his sides, his head bent downward. Drops fall steadily from his eyes. His tears are as continuous as his loneliness seems infinite, the mirrored walls enclosing him in endless solitude. The boy’s inky double in the water, at once reflection and shadow, wavers from the falling tears and never stills.

Read the rest of the review here. 

Enrique Martínez Celaya “Lone Star” is on view at L.A. Louver through May 16. 

IMAGE: Enrique Martinez Celaya, The Invisible (or The Power of Forbearance), 2015, bronze sculpture, oil and wax, sculpture: 60 x 18 x 22 in. (152.4 x 45.7 x 55.9 cm), installation dimensions variable