Skip to main content
17-25 October 2026

The Garden of Cyrus

A virtual exhibition with art and architectural objects that can be realized on demand.

Hosted by Daniel Martin

This project is now archived and was part of DDW21

Event type

Exhibition

Installation Beers London Gallery
Installation Beers London Gallery
Daniel Martin - Beers London Galley
The garden of Cyrus is a virtual space created by Daniel Martin. In this project Martin questions the division between the virtual and the real. The presented digital objects however can become tangible as decorative or architectural elements integrated in the real world.

.

The Garden of Cyrus is an online exhibition with digitally created 3d art that can be realized on demand. The exhibition has been released in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Queretaro, MX, and Beers London Gallery this summer. The Garden of Cyrus transcends brick and mortar and connects the London based Gallery with the Mexican museum with art that is directly linked to each other. The exhibition questions our perception of reality. It does so by using photorealistic imagery and video of non-existing artwork. Hereby the virtual influences distort what we see and how we interpret it. The Garden of Cyrus therefore is spread online making the beholder believe the exhibition is real and taking place in the museum and the gallery. With the concept of art that can be realized on demand, the artist wants to show that the triangle of an artist who makes, the gallerist who shows, and the collector who buys is complete, the Garden of Cyrus leaves the digital domain and becomes a reality at the DDW.
Installation Museum MACQ
Installation Museum MACQ
Daniel Martin - Museum MACQ
Installation Beers London Gallery
Installation Beers London Gallery
Daniel Martin - Beers London Galley
Installation Museum MACQ
Installation Museum MACQ
Daniel Martin - Museum MACQ
Installation Beers London Gallery
Installation Beers London Gallery

About Daniel Martin

Daniel (1982) lives and works in Leiden, The Netherlands. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with exhibitions in the Museo de la Revolución, Havana; SOHD, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen; El Pez Soluble Gallery, Tequisquiapan; Booth Gallery, New York; The Who Gallery, London; Den Gallery, Kuwait City; Thinkspace, Los Angeles; and a duo show with Phillip Akkerman in The Hague.

Colofon

Spatial Designer Helena Beks