{"id":34185,"date":"2017-09-06T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=34185"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:23:43","slug":"alfredo-martinez-inside-the-mind-of-the-real-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2017\/09\/06\/alfredo-martinez-inside-the-mind-of-the-real-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"~ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . “THE REAL FAKE” \/ inside the mind of the notorious Basquait Forger"},"content":{"rendered":"

INSIDE . . the MIND of THE REAL<\/strong> FAKE . . BASQUIAT FORGER,
\nA FLOWER . . . GROWS. <\/p>\n

ALFREDO MARTINEZ – “THE REAL FAKE”
\nAN IMAGINARY JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT – ‘MID-CAREER’ – RETROSPECTVE !!
\nBY THE REAL<\/strong> – BASQUAIT FORGER – ALL ARTWORK BY ALFREDO MARTINEZ<\/p>\n

CURATED & PRODUCED BY: JESSE LAWLOR & PAUL-ANTHONY NAVARRO<\/p>\n

the show runs thru SEPT 7 \/ with a CLOSING PARTY on THURS SEPT 7, 2017 \/ 7 PM – 10 PM
\nHRS: OPEN DAILY \/ 7 PM – 10 PM
\n3Squared Gallery<\/a>, 157 W. 24th, NYC<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nALFREDO MARTINEZ, ‘Untitled’, 2017 – in “THE REAL FAKE” . . BASQUIAT !!
\nwatercolor on paper, 22 x 30 in.
\n($3,000)<\/p>\n

what’s . . DEATH ?<\/p>\n

the deal is, it actually might be harder for someone to emulate Alfredo’s work, than for ALFREDO to emulate . . . BASQUIAT’S.
\nwhat’s to emulate ?
\nif not to . . RADIATE ?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nALFREDO MARTINEZ, ‘Untitled’, 2017 – ‘THE REAL FAKE” BASQUIAT.
\nwatercolor, pastel on paper. 22 x 30 in.
\n($3,000)<\/p>\n

the REAL FAKE is . . ALFREDO \/ who can somehow channel BASQUIAT, to the point of . . there is no knowing the difference. and who got away with the forgery in real life – for a brief period of time.
\nand it’s not just ‘copying’ \/ it’s like the juice . . of the same fruit \/ the same fruit . . off the same tree.
\nALFREDO pours on that ‘Radiant Child’ juice, 100% – no additives.
\nall 100% Real, FAKE . . . imagination. no re-creation here \/ d f straiught up foem the inside the guts, inside – out.<\/p>\n

essence of ‘Radiant Child’ – all the way \/ because, when they call Basquiat the “Radiant Child” . . that’s what they are talking about: the spontaneity, the primitivism. the outsider ‘savant’. the rawness, the wild . . pureness of child-like mind thought, the free play of thinking, word association. music. history. black history. the state of the ‘art’. the state of the country. the state of the ‘artist. the radiance of color, the radiance of a drawn-out . . line. the radiance of a scribbled figure that . . yells. out to be heard as an original, radiant . . voice \/ painting.<\/p>\n

well, he was<\/strong> also quite radiant in person, when he was young. he wqsn’t that radiant a sight to behold – after the ravages of success, drugs, HIV & the always feeding . . vampires. at some point, to choose to be with him, was to choose: death.
\nI guess death . . has its own kind of radiance.<\/p>\n

a poetic, and worldy self-aware . . . art flower grew inside Basquiat, that’s for sure – & that’s the very, final <\/strong> definition of ‘radiance’, for sure.
\nAlfredo has swallowed the seed, and it grows inside him, now. too.
\nwhether he likes it or not. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nThe Real fake Basquiat forger, ALFREDO MARTINEZ.
\nhe says he is 50. don’t ever count him out, he always bounces back.
\nyou cannot deny – the life force within.
\nit radiates from deep within & tumbles right back – at ya. ‘nother year \/ different scene.
\nnew people. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nJESSE LAWLOR and PAUL-ANTHONY NAVARRO – at the opening of ALFREDO MARTINEZ \/ “THE REAL FAKE”,
\n3Squared gGallery, mid-town NYC. Aug, 31, 2017.
\nthey co-curated & co-produced the show, & it was appropriately . . & wonderfully gritty.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nwe have PAUL-ANTHONY NAVARRO – to thank for the show’s title.
\nhe coined “THE REAL FAKE” \/ and he was<\/strong> . . right-on.<\/p>\n

so, have you been noticing, the ghost in the room ?
\nthe box & the flower pot.
\nand, I thought I was<\/strong> taking pix of the show . .<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nALFREDO MARTINEZ, ‘Untitled Box’, 2017.
\nin . . “THE REAL FAKE”, a one week pop-up curated by JESSE LAWLOR & PAUL-ANTHONY NAVARRO.<\/p>\n

a Real fake, Basquiat-inspired . . ‘found’ wooden box. metal hinges and all, mixed media. ghostly co-habitation included. 12 x 12 x 10 in.
\n($2,000)<\/p>\n

If I had $2 grand in my pocket right now – it would be mine<\/strong>, because: . . it’s radiant, and . . .
\na flower grows on top.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nand it’s drippin’ – with that Basquiat . . juice.
\nthe Real fake \/ fako-you-out duo: Alfredo – Basquiat.
\nwho knows, maybe they’ve . . morphed. Has Basquiat jumped the matrix ?
\nis there an algorithm . . for that ?<\/p>\n

I know for sure, there’s . . folklore for that. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nin this day of social platforms, DGI, AI \/ and even AI art ‘pieces’ \/ games created by digital artists – playing themselves without . . algorithm, that have very unexpected narrative stories \/ I mean .. really, really OUT Of THE BOX !!<\/strong>
\nthe stationary image, made by an artist – that ‘speaks’ \/ with spontaneous combustion !!
\n. . is what we still<\/strong> take for proof – of the individual, human \/ lo-tech \/ primal power.
\nvision \/ speech.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n“THIS LAND USED TO BE . . .”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n& . . I put my artist – stamp \/ on what I make.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthe heat – behind the crown.
\nthe mind, behind the man. the artist \/ poet.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ndrippin’ with fighting words.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nPAY HEED.
\nMIND – YOUR HIS-TORY.
\n& VOO-DOO.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nor, you are DEAD.
\nor, are you already<\/strong>, dead ?<\/p>\n

or, are you LIVING DEAD ?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nthis is real box. a box with metal hinges.
\nit is a . . construction.
\njust the way the show \/ “THE REAL FAKE” – is a conceit \/ a construct \/ a concept.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ntop of the box – rollin’ on its side.
\nit’s a stationary construct – it can’t be seen all at once.
\nand life, what’s life.
\nand death \/ what’s death ?
\nMardi Gras – seems more like it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\none word: island people \/ BOB MARLEY rolled with ghosts, too.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nso, does it make sense that Basquiat could . . jump the box ?
\nand, a flower – grows . . on top ?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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