GUY MARTYR Artist
Contemporary fine artist based in Worcester UK
Maintaining art practice since 1987
This site shows the range and history of Guy Martyr's art. Much of the work is available for exhibition or sale; it is all available to be part of the conversation. Studio visits may be made by arrangement.
'The Potato Eaters' 1992, painted installation, casein, pigment, antique style ceiling light
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'Window' 2024, "Welcome", inward-opening; pine, hardwood, fittings; frame height 39 inches
'Shani Louk' December 2023, oil paint on canvas, 24 x 30 cm
'Covid Spring' December 2020, oil paint on canvas, 24 x 19 inches
'A Difficult Painting for a Difficult Time' May 2019;
oil paint/wax on canvas; 24 x 24 inches
'All Square v'; September 2018; oil paint/wax on canvas; 36 x 36 inches
'Disarticulating Trauma' December 2018; a performance by Guy Martyr
'Bronze', August 2022, wood, varnish, pigment, steel; total height 83.5 inches. From 'Offcuts' series
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'Gold', August 2022, wood, varnish, pigment, gold leaf, steel; total height 57.5 inches. From 'Offcuts' series
'The Distant Dream' 2019, wooden offcuts, wood shavings, glue, canvas panel, oil paint, wax
'White Coral' 2017; wood, glue, sprayed ink; 35 x 18 x 3 inches
Performance: 'A Five Day Cleaning Event' 1988; cleaning pedestrian underpasses in Birmingham city centre.
Performance: 'A Five Day Cleaning Event' 1988, Guy Martyr cleaning pedestrian underpasses, St. Chad's Circus Queensway, Birmingham
'The Best Hand' 2017; wood, oil paint; 22 x 18.5 x 4.5 inches
'Parting', 2016; pencil, sprayed ink on paper; 9 x 7 inches -
from the series, 'Birmingham Central Library valedictory'
Guy Martyr singing his song 'Children of Syria'
'St. Chad's Circus Queensway, featuring Kennedy Memorial Mosaic', 1988, photo copy of composite photograph mounted on plasterboard, with shaped frame.
From the Rotunda series 'Incomplete Line' 2019; embroidery thread, paper; 9 x 7 inches