States of Being

Daniel Joseph Martinez explores collective identity, surveillance, power, and machine intelligence across five decades of conceptual work spanning text, sculpture, photography, installation, and robot

Why go

Martinez's practice spans five decades of conceptual operations addressing surveillance, AI, and systems of power—this exhibition brings together his multidisciplinary approach (text, sculpture, photography, robotics, performance) to probe collective identity and resistance through aesthetic and theoretical critique.

What to expect

A multi-media solo exhibition featuring text, sculpture, photography, painting, installation, robotics, and performance works that engage conceptual operations and historical inquiry to examine contemporary and future philosophical questions.

Things to know

• Practice spans five decades from the early 1980s to present.
• Work incorporates text, sculpture, photography, painting, installation, robotics, and performance.
• Addresses issues of collective identity, history, surveillance, power, resistance, war, AI, and machine intelligence.
• Uses conceptual operations and historical exploration to critique present and future systems.

Plan your visit

Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–6 pm. Located at 385 Broadway, New York, NY 10013. Phone: (212) 977-7160.