Painter
Martand Khosla is an Indian artist and architect known for work on construction, demolition, memory, and urban change using architectural materials such as intumescent paint.
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Review key details about Martand Khosla's career, architectural background, urban-change themes, construction materials, and subtractive intumescent-paint methods.
| Born | 1975 · New Delhi, India |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Paint-related medium | Intumescent paint |
| Common supports | MDF · Teak wood · Reclaimed building materials |
| Working method | Laser-etches and burns into protective intumescent coatings, using subtraction to expose architectural plans and traces beneath the painted surface |
| Known for | Art shaped by his parallel architecture practice and by questions of urban construction, destruction, labor, memory, and material transformation |
Sources: Nature Morte, Nature Morte: To Build and Remember, and Martand Khosla biography.
See the paint types documented in Khosla's work, with links to PaintZeal references explaining each medium's properties, uses, and working characteristics.
Intumescent paint is a passive fire-protection coating formulated to expand when exposed to high heat and form an insulating char layer over the substrate. Its fire performance depends on the complete tested coating system, substrate, required dry-film thickness, application, and specified fire-resistance rating.
See the surface types documented in Khosla's work, with links to PaintZeal references explaining how each support behaves and is prepared for painting.
MDF is an engineered wood panel made by compressing wood fibers with resin. Its faces are smooth, but cut edges absorb considerably more paint and primer.
Wood is a natural, porous material with grain patterns and absorbency that vary by species and cut. Its surface may also contain knots, resin, or an existing finish.