CV - Katy Martin’s work
on Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists
PHOTO EXHIBITION
2019
Jasper Johns: Usuyuki, Fergus McCaffrey Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, November 1 - December 21, 2019
— The exhibition was curated by Roberta Bernstein and included nine black and white photographs.
— Photos and film excerpts were featured in a 3-minute video produced by the gallery.
— The exhibition was accompanied by a bilingual book publication (see below) with Martin’s interview, photos and film stills.
SELECTED FILM EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING - fall 2021/winter 2022
Jasper Johns: Mind / Mirror, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
— Hanafuda/Jasper Johns is to be exhibited in the museum gallery devoted to Johns’ conversation with Japanese artists.
2019
Japan Is America, Fergus McCaffrey Gallery, New York
— Exhibition of both films
— Participation in a 3-person panel with Carlos Basualdo (Senior Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art) and Reiko Tomii (independent curator and scholar)
2017
Jasper Johns: ‘Something Resembling Truth’, The Royal Academy of Art, London, England
2015-16
Jasper Johns: Reversals, The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
2015
Films by Katy Martin, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
— To celebrate the preservation of Martin’s 1978 film, Silkscreens
2012
Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print, The Arthur M. Sackler Museum / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
— Both films ran continuously in the museum gallery beside the actual work they documented.
2008
Jasper Johns: Gray, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1999-2000
Big As Life: An American History of 8mm Films, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
— This historical survey of small gauge art filmmaking in America included two of Martin’s films, Daffodils (1977) and Hanafuda/Jasper Johns (1981)
1990
Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1986
Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
— Daily projection of the 16mm film, Hanafuda/Jasper Johns
OTHER EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Isetan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Fukuoka-Kenritsu Museum, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Yokohama Museum, Yokohama, Japan
The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
FIRST SHOWINGS:
Hanafuda/Jasper Johns premiered on December 16, 1981, as a benefit for the Collective for Living Cinema, New York, and was then shown on January 20, 1982, at Castelli Graphics, New York, at an event to launch their new gallery space.
Silkscreens was shown at The Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland, in the late 1970s.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS - Interview and Photos
2019
Jasper Johns: Usuyuki, bilingual catalogue: English and Japanese, published by Fergus McCaffrey Gallery, New York and Tokyo.
— with an essay by Roberta Bernstein, an interview of Jasper Johns by Katy Martin, and an interview of Hiroshi Kawanishi by Susan Lorence.
— also features Martin’s black and white photos and a number of film stills
1996
"An Interview with Jasper Johns about Silkscreening." Jasper Johns: Writings, Interviews and Work Notes, published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1996
Technique and Collaboration in the Prints of Jasper Johns, edited by Susan Brundage, published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
— Photos accompany the interview of Hiroshi Kawanishi by Susan Lorence.
1990
"An Interview with Jasper Johns about Silkscreening." Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, published by The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
— Interview and film still (full-page frontispiece photo)
1986
Jasper Johns, A Print Retrospective by Riva Castleman, published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
— Full-page photo and extensive quotes from Martin’s interview.
FILM PRESERVATION
2012-15
Film preservation of Silkscreens (1978), from the Super-8mm original, by ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, New York,
with funding from The National Film Preservation Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Greg Allen, “Jasper Johns Making Silkscreens by Katy Martin,” greg.org, May 23, 2012.
Sarah Kirk Hanley, “Ink / Jasper Johns’s Revolution in Print,” Art 21 Blog, June 1, 2012.
Tokuzo Okabe, Feature article on the film, Hanafuda/Jasper Johns. Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo, Japan, March, 1987.
Jacqueline Brody, “Starring Jasper Johns,” The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Jan-Feb 1982, p. 178.