New Works of Marin Kline
Fields of Capture at Gallery NAGA
By: NAGA - Oct 01, 2026
Gallery NAGA is proud to announce Fields of Capture, a solo exhibition of new works by Martin Kline, running from October 9 through November 14, 2026, at 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 9, from 5 to 7 pm. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog with an essay by Matthew Weinstein that can be printed on demand or accessed online.
With this recent body of works, Kline continues to interrogate the need to classify visual arts into separate forms, creating work that oscillates between painting and sculpture. Kline came to prominence working with encaustic and pushing the boundaries of the medium through exploration of color, density of application, shape, and context.
In Fields of Capture, his encaustic works on panel feature vibrant hues and stroke formations reminiscent of blooms, jewels, and vortex cloud patterns. Some, likeSerenitas Florens (Contemplation Bloom) and Tondo Rosso, are more subdued and preserve the color of natural beeswax, inviting the viewer to focus on the subtleties of encaustic accretion. The additive process of applying hot wax holds a deeper meaning to Kline, serving as an analogy to nature and growth.
The artist, who grew up in Ohio and is now based in upstate New York, frequently returns to the landscape of cultivated fields as the source of inspiration. Reflection Ca’ D’Oro features a striking combination of natural beeswax and gold, and alludes to the masterpiece of Venetian Gothic architecture, a city that has become a longstanding source of creative output for Kline. INTI and Byars Golden Dream expand the use of gold to create luminous and textural encaustic works that seem to be cast in gold, with references varying from ancient civilizations to conceptual art.
He began casting his paintings in bronze using the lost-wax method to further the fluidity of his medium. Fields of Capture includes several unique bronze casts: Whitewash Relief, Silver Nitrate Relief, and Cast Relief Painting (II), each with their distinctive set of folds and crevices, and a finish that either reflects or absorbs light. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Imperial Column (I), a monumental freestanding sculpture cast in stainless steel.
Concurrently with Fields of Capture, the Back Room will feature a solo exhibition of works by Lucy Beecher Nelson, Shared Table. Beecher Nelson is an artist and educator based in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition explores her familial china that was passed down as an heirloom through multiple generations, acquiring dents and cracks that became part of its story. Beecher Nelson is fascinated with the idea of identity and self-presentation, with china selection having been considered the defining moment of a woman’s life upon marriage. All paintings in Shared Table are watercolors on paper mounted on panel and feature the tableware Beecher Nelson inherited.