April 8, 2025 by Taylor Bielecki
Sarah Martin- Nuss: Future Currents- At Rachel Uffner Gallery
In following Martin-Nuss’ work for a few years now, I was always mesmerized by the way they could establish and build a living landscape using both physical spaces and water reflections. A living landscape by means of movement, layers, and currents. This exhibition shows works that each establish their own space and carry with them their own evolutions into an entirely new space the longer you look at them.
The front room, carrying mainly framed drawings, shows a looseness that will later build into more expansive landscapes. A playfulness of space and material. Here, the layers seem more present between mediums, and the shapes appear more collected and carry with them a bold color. Whether it be a stark cadmium red or a dreamy purple in the foreground or background, like in Mere Appearance, the pastel strokes that will become a main layer within the paintings later on seem to emerge around the colors and build up from there. The background becomes an atmospheric foundation to which all the other layers of the work cycle back and forth.
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