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Martin Moor (b.1984, Europe) lives and works as a cosmopolitan artist, residing mostly in Europe. Moor's emotions-driven abstraction is party rooted in his experience growing up in the turbulent times of Central Europe which woke up a desire to reflect artistically on the illogical features of our contemporary society by following the footsteps of masters of the late 20th century Abstract Expressionism. He has been creating works of art since 1997. Martin did his first explorations in painting by gaining inspiration and encouragement from a foundation supporting Middle-European artists, then trained personally by professors of several European universities of fine arts and eventually his pace of work have become accelerated during the covid-pandemic. Moor's paintings are characterized by the integrating contemporary twists into the creative methods of abstraction. Gesture-driven motifs in bold, vivid colours cover the thick acrylic grounding, dispersing from the centre of the canvas. As with Pollock, Fiedler or other abstract masters, a wide arrange of non-traditional instruments are employed into the process of creation, including knives, blades, towels, or his own body. Martin's artworks make attempt to document the momentum of movement, to grasp the dynamic of visual memories. Since Martin's inspiration for creation cannot be separated from his drive to reflect on contemporary social, moral, ecological experiences, he occasionally integrates reinterpreted, emotionally burdened symbols into his paintings. Recently Martin developed a unique and extravagant technique which combines the layers of paint with solid amount investment-grade of gold bars thus creating an artistic object with values respected by the capitalist society. This ironic reflection touches the issue of the wider relevancy and social acknowledgement of art well beyond the aesthetic dimension. It explores a new common ground between material and artistic, economic and moral dimensions of our world. Both gold and art are treated as investments and treasures but their monetary values are always determined by inherently psychological factors. Martin's technique is also a legally protected intellectual property.

Ars Poetica

During my art studies, I received a meticulous education, according to the standard curriculum. However, when I got to the largest galleries in the world and I could see the works with my own eyes, I realized that brilliant artists didn't follow any rules if they wanted to create something new, truly unique, and unconventional. There are several motivations for my creations. Sometimes I dream of something, and I must paint it, as if my hands were moving by themselves in these moments, I'm not thinking about anything. Other times, it takes months just to plan the painting, I model the placement of colours and sizes. There are times when a social phenomenon or event grabs my attention, and I want to express it artistically. Other things affect me emotionally, and in these cases, I paint the web of internal processes. Sometimes I just see something that I find interesting or fascinating, and I must capture it. For me, my paintings are as if they were my children; they come from me and they are all very different. One is wild and energetic, another a wise thinker, yet another beautiful and lightweight, but there is a simple and grumpy one too, yet I love them equally because they each have a unique, independent, and autonomous personality. When I let go of their hands, I ponder their fate, where, to whom will they go, will they delight their owner every day on a spacious wall, or will they be locked away in a safe? Nowadays, with the spread of electronic art, we can make NFTs out of works of art, so they do indeed retain their value for eternity. These works of art address the audience who understands and enjoys art in a polyphonic way. Everyone is curious about the effect that pleases them, touches them, amazes them, makes them think, shocks them, in other words, gives them what they can get from it according to their abilities. Overall, I believe in the power of art, the social responsibility of the artist, that they must work for the benefit of the world in some way.

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Next exhibition: 2022 Basel