In his recent series titled Stadium, Martin Bureau presents the ruins of monumental amphitheaters. In these deserted temples of entertainment, consumption, and worship, the empty stands become the scars of a vanished society. Alone, the stadium – once an infrastructure of social cohesion serving power – now rises as a spectral carcass, both immense and absurd. Martin Bureau echoes the shared state of shock in the face of the decline of democracies and the weakening of geopolitical and environmental balances.
Martin Bureau, Stadium 4, 2025, Watercolor on Arches paper mounted on wood, 28 x 36 cm