REVIEWS
Martin Kane has one of the most instantly recognisable private worlds...
John Russell Taylor on the Beaux Arts show in The Times
It is Kane's palette that brings to mind De Chirico or Hopper. Strong on ochres and subdued reds, the counter balance between the shadowed 'heavy' and the illuminated 'light' areas create an effective spatial quality. The introduction of a figure, often solitary and rarely more than two, introduce the idea of a narrative not relieved by the title of the work which frequently suggests a metaphysical interpretation.
Mike von Joel
These are cerebral paintings, plotted with geometric precision, obeying classical disciplines, crafted with painstaking skills... their curiously poetic pessimism and sense of something about to happen have the poetic aspiration of Hopper's great American townscapes.
W Gordon Smith
It is a world in which industry has ceased and which is dominated by the solitary and the silent.
Robert Silver
Review of Martin's paintings and pastels from the Boundary Gallery show.
Mary Rose Beaumont
...the Wall has gone but East and West Berlin are still divided both economically and culturally.
Simon Corbin reviews the 'East Berlin' paintings from the Jill George Gallery.
© Martin Kane 2011