JERICHO DITCH
REBECCA GLORIA MARTINEZ 3.22.11 / 4.30.11
Fairport Convention, Harriet Tubman coloring book cover, plexiglass, crayon, 72" x 48", 2011.
Jericho Ditch is pleased to announce Fairport Convention, the second solo exhibition of Rebecca Gloria Martinez.
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a transparent thermoplastic, often used as a light or shatter-resistant alternative to glass.
It is sometimes called acrylic glass. Chemically, it is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. The material was developed in
1928 in various laboratories, and was first brought to market in 1933 by Rohm and Haas Company, under the trademark Plexiglas.[4]
It has since been sold under many different names including Lucite and Perspex.
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union
spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made thirteen missions to rescue more
than 70 slaves[1] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped
John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.
A crayon (pronounced /ˈkreɪ.ɒn/, /ˈkreɪ.ən/, or US: /ˈkræn/) is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used
for writing, coloring, drawing, and other methods of illustration. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made
of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel. Oil pastels are a popular medium for color artwork. A grease pencil or china
marker (UK chinagraph pencil) is made of colored hardened grease and is useful for marking on hard, glossy surfaces such as
porcelain or glass. Some fine arts companies such as Swiss Caran d'Ache manufacture water-soluble crayons, whose colors are easily
mixed once applied to media.
Rebecca Gloria Martinez was born in Veracruz Mexico in 1961 and currently lives and works in Mexico City. Please join us Saturday
March 22nd at 7pm for an opening reception and live performance by Roberto Mora at Jericho Ditch. For more information please
contact Jericho Ditch at info@jerichoditch.com.