Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, known as Martin & Muñoz, are snowglobe-making partners from Pennsylvania with a studio in Brooklyn. Their globes, which they photograph then adjust in Photoshop, are presented in Travelers along with a staccato short story by Jonathan Lethem. The globes, made from carefully treated and deviously rearranged model railroad pieces, create cinematic snapshots of fear, paranoid sentiment, and playful nightmare. Assembled together, the photographs are suggestive of a Chris Ware book—carefully illustrated scenes presenting a familiar yet captivating narrative. Their work can be found in the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Miami Art Museum and at PPOW Gallery in New York.
Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz: Travelers
By: Jonathon Lethem
Hardcover, 96 pages, $35, Aperture
-Chris Force