Robert Mars Art

Robert Mars God Save the Queen (Elegance is the Word) 2016 Newspapers, magazines, Xerox transfer, and paint collage on wood panel with resin and var...

Mixed Media on Panel with UV Resin Neon Robert Mars’ graphic compositions and rich colors provide an ideal medium in which to explore his fascination with the Golden Age of American...

Mixed Media on Panel with UV Resin Neon Robert Mars’ graphic compositions and rich colors provide an ideal medium in which to explore his fascination with the Golden Age of American...

Robert Mars’ graphic compositions and rich colors provide an ideal medium in which to explore his fascination with the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 195...

Robert Mars’ graphic compositions and rich colors provide an ideal medium in which to explore his fascination with the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 195...

Robert Mars’ graphic compositions and rich colors provide an ideal medium in which to explore his fascination with the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 195...

Robert Mars Kick In The Door 60 x 40 inches Mixed Media on wood / finished in resin This piece is unique Signed by artist Robert Mars Robert Mars art mixed resin wood panel resin i...

Robert Mars The Best Money Can Buy 48 x 36 inches This piece is unique Signed by artist Mixed Media on Wood / Finished in Resin contemporary luxury versace pop art skull Kate Moss ...

Artist: Mars, Robert Title: Golden Sparklers Date: 2016 Medium: Mixed Media Unframed Dimensions: 46" x 46" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

Artist: Mars, Robert Title: It Ain’t All Flowers Time Capsule Series: Time Capsules Date: 2017 Medium: Mixed Media Unframed Dimensions: 52" x 52" Si...

Artist: Mars, Robert Title: What We Become Kate Time Capsule Series: Time Capsules Date: 2017 Medium: Mixed Media Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 50" Sig...

Robert Mars, 'Highways Call' is a cream and white, contemporary figurative mixed media on panel that measures 40 x 60 and is priced at $11,300. Robert Mars’ artwork chronicles an evolving fascination with the Golden Age of American popular culture and celebrates the icons of the 1950’s and 1960’s. His paintings evoke a vintage quality of design and pay homage to the idealized age of growth and hopefulness that was prevalent in the USA at the end of the Depression. At a time before the internet and mobile technology, where information was not instantly available to millions and there was no such thing as instant internet celebrities, Mars pays tribute to the people who lived as myths with unique, untouchable and unforgettable personalities. Robert Mars’ artwork chronicles an evolving fascination with the Golden Age of American popular culture and celebrates the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s by taking inspiration from this culture long past. Through the application of a rich color palette and tongue-in-cheek attitude, Mars’ paintings evoke a vintage quality of design and pay homage to the idealized age of growth and hopefulness that was prevalent in the USA at the end of the Depression. A time before the internet and mobile technology, where information was not instantly available to millions and there was no such thing as instant internet celebrities, and instead people lived with the myth of the unique, untouchable and unforgettable personalities of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Audrey Hepburn and Elvis Presley. By merging his own concept of personal idols with those of mainstream culture, Mars is able to focus his work on a deeper analysis of the Golden Age of American personalities. As an artist, he has always been fascinated with 1950’s and 60’s culture, and his early work reflects many of the architectural and mechanical icons from this era. Muscle cars, motels, logos and hulking monuments to the “modern” feeling of the time permeate his early canvases. More recently however, Mars’ artwork has shifted toward the culture of celebrity and he is amazingly attuned to the fact that these instantly recognizable and larger-than-life personalities continue to resonate with contemporary American culture. A graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York, Mars begins the creative process by preparing his surface with multiple layers of brown paper in order to define the edges and delineate the background planes of color. He then alternates layers of paint and vintage paper ephemera, sanding away portions of the layers as he works, revealing the desired portions of under painting with the overall intention to provide the viewer with a muted window into America’s past. Chronicling this fascination with 1950’s and 60’s iconography, Mars has produced a body of artwork from his studio in New York that celebrates the commonplace objects and icons of an America long past, in a thoroughly modern and exquisitely constructed manner. His eye for a distinct facet of American history is impeccable and his ability to manipulate the color and wordplay of vintage printed material has earned him reference with the likes of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Richard Diebenkorn among other masters from the School of Pop. Robert Mars’ artwork is exhibited worldwide including museum collections in Munich, Tokyo, Amsterdam, London, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Laguna Beach, Paris, Aspen and Naples. His artwork was selected for the Absolut Vodka Blank campaign alongside DamienHirst, and his largest sized piece to date was acquired by Philip Morris/Altria for their corporate headquarters in Virginia. In 2015 Mars was chosen for the cover of Neiman Marcus’ May Book, while Coca­Cola purchased several existing works and ordered commissions for a world tour celebrating the 100 year anniversary of their trademark bottle shape, in which his artwork was spotlighted. 2016 will see Mars as a  featured artist for a custom high end wallpaper and tile series with Kari Whitman Interiors. He will have a solo exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Art in Indiana, where he will also be an artist in residence and guest lecturer. EDUCATION Parsons School of Design, New York, NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS May 2016 “Days were golden” Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN September 2015 “Boys are back in town” JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA October 2014 “A Love supreme” The Harvey B Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC September 2014 “Mars Attacks” JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA May 2014 “A Love supreme” DTR Modern Gallery, New York, NY March 2014 “A love affair” DTR Modern Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC December 2012 “Captivated” Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL April 2012 “Stars and starlets” DTR Modern, New York, NY October 2011 “American Idols” Galerie Bartoux, Honfleur, France March 2011 “American Art” Museum Gallery of Modern Art, Sofia, Bulgaria November 2010 “Lost and found” Gallery Brown, Los Angeles, CA March 2010 “Chronicles of America” DTR Modern, Boston, MA October 2009 “Ruins and relics” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA September 2009 “Notes from the road” Hubert Gallery, New York, NY April 2009 “Diamonds and rust” Art...