His way of generating his paintings by conceptually defined strategies differs from modernist abstraction, which seeks to enhance an artist's special aesthetic genius and craft skills.
[1] Led by individuals such as Jack Chambers, the city was the home of the founding of Canadian Artists’ Representation in 1968.
Acting on a suggestion of Duchamp, Martin's series showed the painting itself and an exact duplicate, hung next to each other.
[3] In 1973, the National Gallery of Canada included Martin as one of six artists in the exhibition Boucherville Montreal Toronto London curated by Brydon Smith and Pierre Théberge.
[1] Martin has had numerous solo shows and been included in group exhibitions across Canada, in New York, Germany, Japan and France.