Chris Mars
Artist Statement
Minnesota's Chris Mars originally gained renown as drummer for the seminal indie-rock band, The Replacements, but his facility with a paintbrush has made his musical career a distant memory. His luminous images combine the apocalyptic visions of Bosch with the bleakness of depression-era America. With a lesser artist, sharp-toothed skulls and deformed carnies can veer into gothic cliché, but Mars painting's contradictory gentleness and technical brilliance have made him one of the country's premier surrealists.
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A Blind Eye 2007 |
A Soother For Trudy 2007 |
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Bliss 2007 |
Cycle of Lies 2007 |
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Death's Olive Branch 2007 |
Five Characters in Search of an Exit 2007 |
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From the Well 2007 |
Nine Were Spared 2007 |
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Resurrection of the Condemned 2007 |
Salvation for the Collateral I 2007 |
