About

Introductory note by Jane Neal
British curator - recognised for her work in relation to
the Cluj School of Painting

Marin’s dreamlike narratives are reminiscent of artists such as Philip Guston. Like Guston, her protagonists are often depicted in profile with only one eye on show. Guston made a Cyclops series, which in common with Marin’s ‘Bigfoot’ character, point to the interior world of the mind’s eye.

Marin’s paintings are deliciously tactile. They possess a sensual quality, inviting a haptic response. Twinned with a fluid comic-book style and demotic shapes, her practice recalls artists …