Art in Focus with Dr. Frank Martin

Art in Focus is a series of spotlight talks in which art historians explore themes found in an individual artwork in the CMA Collection, offering an opportunity to discover new insights with a true fine arts specialist. On July 30, Dr. Frank Martin explores themes found in Jusepe de Ribera’s Immaculate Conception (1637). Learn more about this CMA Collection artwork and the artist who painted it. Free with membership or admission. Admission is free for all SC residents through generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

Dr. Frank C. Martin II serves as visiting associate professor of art history and art theory at South Carolina State University and is the retired director of The I.P. Stanback Museum & Planetarium, located on the campus of the university. A graduate of Yale University and the City University of New York, Hunter College, with additional study in contemporary art and art theory at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University, Martin holds a Ph.D. in philosophy with a specialization in axiology and the history of aesthetics from the University of South Carolina. A former lecturer and associate manager of the Office of Education Services for the Uris Education Center of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Martin has served as an academic advisor for the PBS documentary Shared History and has worked as a contributing critic in the fine arts for Charleston’s The Post and Courier. Martin is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art) based in Paris.

^{Jusepe de Ribera
(Spanish, 1591-1652)
Immaculate Conception, 1637
Oil on canvas}