Irena Martens

ART NEWS

Review

1966

  Irena Martens (Castagno; Dec. 7-Jan 2)

Elegantly savage dolls  are made with an inventive and cunning eye. They can see themselves as frankly successful creatures.

Included also are more elaborate constructions in which the dolls have been enclosed in boxlike structures, a new direction taken since The artist has been in America. She is German, but until now has been living in Italy.