Peter Martin
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| Peter Martin wurde am 4.Oktober 1972 in Scheibbs, NÖ geboren. Er erlernte einen kaufmännischen Beruf , wo er kurzerhand zum Manager im internationalen Unternehmen aufstieg. Die vielen Reisen in der ges. Welt ließen ihn völlig neue Aspekte in der Kunst der Malerei finden. Neben seiner Arbeit belegte er einige Einzelunterweisungen (Lithographie-Professor Alfred Billy Linz). Durch die Reisen in Osteuropa begann er sich für sozialkritische Kunst zu interessieren. Die Malerei wurde ein immer stärkeres Element, das durch und durch von Emotionen, Menschen und Stärke geprägt wurde. Wertvolle Erfahrungen wurden 1999 in Spanien (Malaga, Gibralta und Grenada) gesammelt, wo sich der Künstler für sechs Monate zurückzog, um sich ganz der Malerei zu widmen. Die hochkarätigen Ausstellungen, zuletzt in der Galerie Artpark in Linz bestätigen seinen eingeschlagenen künstlerischen Lebenslauf. |
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Peter Martin paints despondent Christ / Stephen Sokoloff
A Moslem woman at the foot of the cross holds a lifeless child whose arms have been blasted off by bombs. Against the background of a war-torn city some newspaper headlines divulge the starvation deaths of 80.000 children, while others decry the affluent investors who are augmenting their fortunes with food-price speculation. This time the Savior, who has returned to give us a second chance, decides that he is no longer willing to endure the agony of crucifixion, for he sees that his sacrifice is in vain. Holding a pistol to his head, he ponders putting a quick end to his sufferings.Martin, a devoted Catholic, does not intend to be blasphemous, but to promote positive social change. The stark, lightening-like black-white contrasts of his figures are reminiscent of Tintoretto or El Greco. However the angels and drug-addicts he paints are certainly not sublime; if not greedy and vindictive, they are human wrecks – victims of burn-out. Many of them somehow manage to maintain a calm facade, but Martin’s expressionistic works peer behind it to show us their tormented souls. Unfortunately nobody wants to hang such disturbing pictures in his living room or office. In order to be able to afford to do the kind of art that he thinks really matters, Martin earns his livelihood as a sales executive for a shipping firm. Responsible for Eastern Europe, he must travel to a different country each week. In only seven years he has managed to reach a top managerial position without any formal academic training. Peter Martin was born in Lower Austria in 1972. He learned to paint primarily as an autodidact, but did take private lessons from lithography professor Alfred Billy. During a four-month stay in Southern Spain in 1999 he painted homeless people, but in spite of some exhibitions was not able to live from his art when he returned to Austria. For him that only proved to be a temporary setback, however. He is convinced that with faith you can move mountains. His works, often displayed in banks and offices, are going to be presented in the Gallery Art Park in Linz this October. Opening day is an event you certainly will not want to miss! |
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