Martin Blaszko - Artist Info

About Martin Blaszko

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Martin Blasko
  • Biography

    Following is text from an exhibition catalogue for the MADI Exhibition, 1996, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid:

    "Martin Blaszko, The Equable?"

    Written by María Lluïsa Borràs

    This artist whose work and career compete in balance, influence and interest, was a member of the MADI* movement almost from the start. "In 1945, I met Carmelo Arden Quin, the founder of the MADI group. The clarity, the coldness and the strict execution of his work made a deep impression on me. Being an effusive, fidgety, highly-strung and impatient sort of person, I needed that lesson in art to reach a sort of balance; after that I began working with him".?

    Originally from Berlin, Blaszko emigrated with his family to Poland ...

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