b'Table of ContentsThediscoveryofthisgroupofwatercolourswasadelightfulsurpriseopeninga portfolio in the Lamanna Gallery archives to find this treasure trove of images, unseen for decades, with colours as fresh as the day they were painted, was a rare treat.dubbedProto-worldshereinthegalleryfortheirinfluenceonthe Initiallyobvious subsequentWorld Paintings, Greg Humeniuk has clarified that these were known as the Table of Contents works.In them we can see the genesis, evolution and process of Ron Martins experimentation with formula, gesture and colour, his adherence to rigorous limitations and structures, and his progression from the most basic of elementsthe simple line, through to shapes and forms, rhythmically organized in serial patterns and arrangements. Theworksfitnaturallyintogroupsorsuites,thefirstgroupbeingthesimplest configurationofsingledashes,thesecondshowsfurtherdevelopmentand experimentation with different organizational structures, and the third and final group are the most complex, both in their range of gestures and overall patterning.Simon Bentley, Director, Miriam Shiell Fine Art Toronto August 2019If Up is Not Down How Can We Go ThroughWith it All? (#162), 1969 watercolour on paper, 30.5 x 22.5 in. (77.5 x 57.1 cm) Signed, titled and dated recto14'