Dylan Martinez Water Bag Trio: F19, F20, F21 For Sale

Dylan Martinez has established himself as one of the most technically accomplished glass artists working today, earning recognition for his ability to push the medium beyond its traditional boundaries. His work sits at the intersection of craft mastery and conceptual inquiry, transforming molten glass into objects that interrogate memory, impermanence, and the everyday. Martinez's pieces are held in private collections internationally and have garnered increasing attention from collectors seeking artists who demonstrate both material innovation and thematic depth. Water Bag Trio: F19, F20, F21 exemplifies Martinez's ongoing exploration of nostalgic forms rendered in unexpected materials. The carnival water bag—a fleeting object from childhood, typically holding goldfish won at summer fairs—becomes here a meditation on preservation and fragility. Each sculpture in this trio has been hot sculpted, then refined through sandblasting and acid etching, processes that lend the glass surface a soft, almost organic quality reminiscent of actual plastic distorted by water weight. The varying dimensions create a sense of arrested motion, as though capturing three moments in a single gesture. What distinguishes this work is Martinez's refusal to merely replicate. The translucency of glass transforms these familiar shapes into something elegiac, containers that once held temporary life now rendered permanent yet empty. The trio format invites viewers to consider sequence and variation, each piece in dialogue with its companions while maintaining individual presence. This interplay between repetition and difference has become a hallmark of Martinez's sculptural practice. For acquisition inquiries regarding Water Bag Trio: F19, F20, F21, please contact Guy Hepner directly.