Fernando Martinez explores how language can express the ineffable nature of words like eternity, love, and spirit, which we can name but never fully understand. In this exhibition, which features the tactile surfaces of Martinez' collage-approach to ceramics, the works hint at the tension between the object as it is and the meaning it emanates. The longing that arises from such encounters with art points to a distant language that Martinez fears we are losing. BAU awarded Martinez this solo show based on his work in the gallery's August 2025 Open Call Annual. About the artist: Born in Argentina, Fernando Martinez uses wood and ceramics as base materials, often incorporating metal, plastic, string, and glass to create narratives about the effects of time and use, and the sacred and profane. A finalist in the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist 2025 edition, he is a graduate of SUNY Purchase. Martinez lives and works in Port Chester, N.Y.