John Martini’s, “Let’s Dance” exhibit

John Martini has a new shimmy. If you’ve spent even a minute in Key West you’ve seen his bright steel sculptures. With a career spanning multiple decades John has developed a sculptural language that is native to the Keys, with iconic sculptures gracing public and private collections from Front Street to the Quai Voltaire. John usually spends summers in his Paris studio, sketching templates for these signature works. This past year, quarantined on his couch, hemmed in by politics and pandemics, he turned to pastels. Where his monoprints and even his hulking steel sculptures have a sketchy sense of play, these new works shimmer in their subtlety. Squirming viral images swing and swell in saturated teals and bilious yellows. Sculptures in burnt bright steel tower over smaller works in creamy bronze, spinning the viewer in a constant two-step, movement to constriction, shiny to sinister. JAG gallery invites you to shake off your blues, stop in and watch this work swirl. The latest exhibition, John Martini: Let’s Dance opens March 26 through April 19.  Jag will host extended hours on March 26th, opening it’s doors from 11 am – 7 pm.  The gallery is located in Duval Square:  1075 Duval Street Unit C-23.  (space closest to Simonton and plenty of parking). For more info call: 305-407-6202 or email [email protected]