Martin's exhibition, The History of Things opened on 2 December 2021and coincided with the end of the two-year Covid impact. The exhibition was held at the new Black Cat Gallery on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy.

The artworks were based on masterpieces from the western art canon, which were used to exam history and the effects of time.

The blurred technique referenced a sense of distance between the now and the then, whilst the snapshots of details from the original works, alluded to contemporary image making and the effects of time on modern life.