Martin Saar
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Martin Saar is an artist in New York
. He is notable for making mosaic portraits of the New York celebrities and has been featured in the New York Times. His first group exhibition was in 2005 in the Charles Cowles Gallery
on 26th street where he showed large abstract paintings.
He was born in Tallinn
, Estonia
under the Soviet Union
and spent the first 10 years of his life there.
His current series of paintings centers around Saar's memories of his family life before Estonia became independent in 1991. The single-colored hue images were assembled from family photographs, showing moments of life and depicting family, friends and simple pleasures.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He is notable for making mosaic portraits of the New York celebrities and has been featured in the New York Times. His first group exhibition was in 2005 in the Charles Cowles Gallery
Charles Cowles Gallery
Charles Cowles is an American art dealer and a collector of contemporary art. Cowles was also a curator of Fine Art at the Seattle Art Museum from 1975 until 1979....
on 26th street where he showed large abstract paintings.
He was born in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
under the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and spent the first 10 years of his life there.
His current series of paintings centers around Saar's memories of his family life before Estonia became independent in 1991. The single-colored hue images were assembled from family photographs, showing moments of life and depicting family, friends and simple pleasures.
Group exhibitions
- 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York / Photography Poetic Visions
- 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York / Nude exposed
- 2006 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York
- 2006 - Estonia House, New York
- 2005 - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
- 2002 - University of Arts, Tallinn, graduation show
Solo exhibitions
- 2007 - Bridge Art Fair, Miami
- 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York
- 2007 - ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2007 - Soho House, New York
- 2006 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York
- 2006 - Viviann Napp Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2004 - Surf Ambiance Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
Press
- Fashionweekdaily, April 10, 2007
- Postimees, Arter, May 6, 2006
- Sirp, May 5, 2006
- * WWD, April 10, 2006
- New York Times, Sunday Style section, March 12, 2006
- Absolute New York Magazine summer 2005 issue
- A&F Magazine summer 2005 issue
- Stiil Magazine, April 2005 issue
- Dan’s Papers, December 3, 2004
- The East Hampton Star, December 2, 2004
- Eesti Ekspress, October 28, 2004
