Robin Antar

Brief bio:

My works have been exhibited in various shows and galleries, including Sotheby’s, NY; the National Art Club, NY;  Nabisco Gallery, NJ; Fine Art Management Enterprises, Miami, FL; the City Museum of St. Louis, Mo.; the Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA; the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, and others.  Recent commissions include Dr. Marten Boots, England; Sketchers Boots USA; California and Chateau Haut-Brion wines, France as well as private collections. I have been featured in newspapers including The New York Post, New York Daily News, Las Vegas Tribune and others, and magazines such as Fashion Manuscript, Art Business News and Sportswear International. I will be featured in House and Garden and NY House, to name a few. I have also been awarded The Allied Artist of America (Gold Metal of Honor and asked to become a full member), Recently named Best of American sculptors of 2007, by Kennedy Productions Match Up (first prize) in sculpture, Best of New York Artists Books (second place) in sculpture, United Creators, (second place), Sculptural Pursuit (4^th place in their national annual competition), Broadcasts include Today in New York, Fox News in Las Vegas, NV, HGTV’s “That Clever”, and 1010 Wins radio in NY.  Memberships include Pen and Brush, NYC; National Association of Women Artists and the National Sculpture Society. 

Artist’s statement:

My mission as a sculptor is to create a visual record of modern culture by capturing the everyday objects of our time in stone.  Through the faithful replication of markings and symbols, I attempt to freeze the object in time in an artistic form of artifact.  To promote the realism of my sculpture, I create them on a life-scale that challenges the viewer to discern real object from stone.  I achieve this degree of realism through the use of such materials as parts of the real object, custom-made stains, paints, plastics and gold leaf. 

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Blog:   www.robinantar.blogspot.com