The Hymn of the Toads | Matt Carey-Williams

Matt Carey-Williams

at Porchester Place

Scene VIII: The Hymn of the Toads

28 January–27 February 2025

with

José Jun Martínez

José Jun Martínez, That which is hidden, 2025, Oil on canvas, 150 x 250 cm (59 x 98 3/8 in)

Reliant Imagining

José Jun Martínez, That which is hidden, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 150 x 250 cm (59 x 98 3/8 in)

Installation view, Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads

José Jun Martínez, Their swollen eyes on the infinite, 2025, Oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm (63 x 78 3/4 in)

José Jun Martínez, Their swollen eyes on the infinite, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm (63 x 78 3/4 in)

Installation view, Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads

José Jun Martínez, Like the sun when it rises, 2025, Oil on canvas, 200 x 160 cm (78 3/4 x 63 in)

José Jun Martínez, Like the sun when it rises, 2025 (Detail, Oil on canvas, 200 x 160 cm (78 3/4 x 63 in)

Installation view, Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads

José Jun Martínez, The humble mode of the string of water, 2025, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, The humble mode of the string of water, 2025 (Detail) Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

Installation view, Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads

José Jun Martínez, When midnight comes heavy with thoughts, 2025, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, When midnight comes heavy with thoughts, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, With the heart pierced by stars, 2025, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, With the heart pierced by stars, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, Between the spectral and the pallid, 2025, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, Between the spectral and the pallid, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in)

Installation view, Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads

José Jun Martínez, Wings have sprouted on their carapace, 2025, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 cm (9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in)

José Jun Martínez, Wings have sprouted on their carapace, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 cm (9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in)

José Jun Martínez, A sensuality made subtle, 2025, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, A sensuality made subtle, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, They go where they please, 2025, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, They go where they please, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, The toads hear the voice of Job and recognize that putrefaction is the creative principle of the Universe, 2025, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in)

José Jun Martínez, The toads hear the voice of Job and recognize that putrefaction is the creative principle of the Universe, 2025 (Detail), Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in)

Matt Carey-Williams is pleased to present his first Scene of 2025, Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads.

This Scene, which marks Martínez’s inaugural solo show in the UK, comprises of eleven new paintings that continue the artist’s impassioned dig into the alphabet, archaeology and geology of painting.

Scene VIII: José Jun Martínez, The Hymn of the Toads takes inspiration from Martínez’s homeland, Puerto Rico, humming with colour and gesture, light and movement.