Mars-1

[rhinomilk]

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*Artist information*
Website - www.mars-1.com
Upcoming Shows - Jonathan Levine Gallery (2/26/09)
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Here's some pics from Mars-1 show the other day with David Choong Lee at Bucheon Gallery (never been there before... really nice space)

really liked this one... looks like something i saw in one of my calculus books


i was tempted to get one of these. $950/ea and editions of 10. the minor details on the flower stuff around the face & around the arm joints were a little spotty, but still very cool

apparently a piece from the top of this dude's head broke off during the opening.

this thing is the sh*t. very detailed and clean.. but bronze and very pricey

[sleepboy]

damn, that stuff looks so nice. i was waiting for the gallery to get back to me with pics but they've been lagging. did alot of it sell already?

[benvan]

I don't think most were sold, at least by the time I left. They probably didn't get anything to you yet as they were still bringing stuff in and hanging it when the show started. Mars' technique and detail were incredible as always, however I preferred when his stuff had more of a sense of "place" to them. What he showed here was more abstract.

David Choong Lee's stuff is also amazing as always, though I didn't take any pics. Maybe Rhinomilk can provide some?

[sleepboy]

Looks like there are more pics on DCL's website.

[benvan]

Ooh, thanks, I should have thought to look there

[marcusslo]

that first one reminds me of a smith chart haha

[rhinomilk]

yeah, i don't recall any red dots... so either none had sold yet or i didn't know where to look (i only stopped by a little bit on my way home and left pretty early). they only had like 2 copies of the price list floating around, so i didn't look at it much. think the cheapest mars-1 piece was about 3-4K, but i liked the big ones best

i took a few pics of David Choong Lee's pieces that you can see on my flickr (as posted on my sig). his stuff was pretty nice

[irsk]

I'm considering a piece...

[sleepboy]

May 19, 2008 13:30:23 GMT -8 irsk said:

I'm considering a piece...

they sent you images? damn, i got jacked.

[benvan]

Cool, a painting or a sculpture? Aside my reservations on the direction of his content, you would never be disappointed with the detail, colors and originality. It seems he spends an immense amount of time on each piece, and it definitely shows.

[irsk]

May 19, 2008 13:34:32 GMT -8 sleepboy said:

May 19, 2008 13:30:23 GMT -8 irsk said:

I'm considering a piece...

they sent you images? damn, i got jacked.

I only got a few images so not sure if all the rest is sold or if I only got a few.
I'm about to get on another plane (back to Seattle for work) so not sure if I'll get it tomorrow or not.

Send me your email addie if you want me to forward you the mails I got from the gallery.

[irsk]

May 19, 2008 13:37:34 GMT -8 benvan said:

Cool, a painting or a sculpture? Aside my reservations on the direction of his content, you would never be disappointed with the detail, colors and originality. It seems he spends an immense amount of time on each piece, and it definitely shows.

I got a small piece of his in Feb and yeah, it'd definitely detailed and just gorgeous. I like the content too, and love the colors.

I'm thinking about a painting as far as potential purchase from this show.

Edit: I bought it.

[irsk]

just saw this great new print at J Levine

ed of 50, $350, 16x20 total size

[benvan]

huh, just noticed I am in the picture at the gallery above.

[sleepboy]

May 20, 2008 19:25:27 GMT -8 benvan said:

huh, just noticed I am in the picture at the gallery above.

now i'm wondering who you are in the pic lol.

[rhinomilk]

May 20, 2008 20:53:15 GMT -8 sleepboy said:

May 20, 2008 19:25:27 GMT -8 benvan said:

huh, just noticed I am in the picture at the gallery above.

now i'm wondering who you are in the pic lol.

ha. me too. i'm guessing you're the one with their back turned. feel free to pm me if you're stopping by any shows... like the awkwardness of meeting faceless people on the interweb

[benvan]

yup, back turned with the glasses on asking for a price list. Will definitely pm you, and do the same. It would be good to meet some fellow collectors, none of my friends are into it at all.

[rhinomilk]

May 21, 2008 8:10:10 GMT -8 toemah said:

You don't want to meet Rhino in person, he is always trying to bench press people, and will want to show you his river dance moves.

hey man.. that wasn't river dance, that was my soulja boy impersonation (you didn't see the crank motion?). did u end up going to this opening? although, i wasn't there very long

[bebek]

Love Mars 1.

[sleepboy]

An simple but interesting piece from the fecal face show.

[sleepboy]

hm... i though the geometric spirals were a one time thing for him but looks like he's incorporated it into his newest painting. This will be the cover for Faesthetic #9. I think it's fantastic.

[masao626]

^that is gorgeous

[lowpro]

Yeah, I like this trending towards the more minimalistic.

[sleepboy]

Ooh. Just found out you can buy the issue here for $10. I initially thought there was a print included of the cover but I think you will just have settle for cutting it off if you want to display it.

It is an issue about UFO themed art. How appropriate.

[lowpro]

Here's a nothing wonderfully subtle work on paper from Art Basel. Wonder if it sold?