AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art is pleased to present "CELEBUTANTS," a solo exhibition by Robert Mars, a contemporary artist active in New York .
Robert Mars draws inspiration from the celebrities and commercial art that swept the American pop culture of the 1950s and 1960s, celebrating the stars who were considered the darlings of the era and expressing them as unique and unforgettable myths in his work. This exhibition will feature a number of new works focusing on mid-century pop culture, including film stars and masterpieces of mechanical engineering that symbolize the golden age of American pop culture.
Robert Mars's curiosity about American art continues to grow, and in order to delve deeper into artistic expression, he sublimates it into his works with concepts rooted in Abstract Expressionism, which built the foundations of contemporary art.
Using folk art, which is deeply rooted in American culture, she creates works by combining vintage newspapers into various quilt patterns.She is an artist who incorporates pop art aesthetics with a flexible perspective, and has created her own unique genre called folk pop.
Blending handcrafted work with a meditation on time, often overlooked folk art echoes the backdrops used in his figurative works. Using vintage newspaper, he colors the background with varying brushstrokes, sometimes highlighting and sometimes erasing, expressing a rebellion against social structure and order. The vintage newspaper acts as a bridge to past events, anchoring the work in history. The dialogue of overlapping colors, and the events glimpsed through them, weave together magnificent compositions that seem almost calculated.
In recent years, social media has made superficial self-expression easier, visual information is constantly being distributed to millions of people, and we have entered an age where anyone can achieve instant fame. With the advent of the internet, it could be said that the mystique surrounding media has relatively faded.
Before the widespread use of these technologies, the careers of stars like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley were firmly shaped by key figures in the industry, such as film production executives, fashion show and TV show producers, etc. The existence of deified stars continues to have an influence not only on modern American culture, but also on the global market, a fact that is still evident today.
The nostalgia for the good old days never fades, and its contours change dramatically with the passage of time, leading viewers to new values.
