Jeppesen Victor Martin (1930, Randers – 1993, Randers) was a Danish artist active in the Situationist International.

Martin described his approach to art as "New Irrealism", which was a form of abstract expressionism which was both colourful and somewhat chaotic.[1] He used a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, enamel, gouache, pencil, collage and lithography, as well as mixed mediums. [1]

In 1967 he organised the Operation Playtime exhibition in Aarhus, which consisted of a series of "anti-paintings" in which the situationist represented by an armada of toy ships painted gold came to conquer the world with play and revolutionary theory.[2] This gave rise to the situationist inspired Golden Fleet group of Swedish radical artists.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "J. V. Martin - Artist Biography for J. V. Martin". www.askart.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ Rasmussen, Bolt (2016). The Situationist Offensive in Scandinavia. BRILL. ISBN 9789004310506. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ Slater, Howard (2001). Divided We Stand - An Outline of Scandinavian Situationism. London: Infopool.
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