Eddie Martinez continues to mine art history in increasingly abstract paintings now on view in Chelsea at Mitchell-Innes and Nash.  Tapping into diverse sources of inspiration – from Basquiat’s jittery line to de Kooning’s boldly outlined bodily forms – Martinez creates strangely familiar paintings to ponder. (Through March 5th).

Eddie Martinez, Park Avenue Peace Out, oil, enamel, silkscreen ink and spray paint on canvas, 108 x 144 inches, 2015.
Eddie Martinez, Park Avenue Peace Out, oil, enamel, silkscreen ink and spray paint on canvas, 108 x 144 inches, 2015.