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"Alden sends me his poetry and I receive
it on my computer each morning - I look forward
to it like an old friend. Sometimes funny, sometimes
cranky - all the time true and brilliant."
- Actor Jeffrey
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| "At first glance the art of Alden Marin
celebrates the vivid colors of a festive life.
His style, a folk /impressionistic mix is deceptively
complex in it simplicity. Each face subtly transmits
a unique emotion or persona. It is art that shows
best as a collection. For some unknown reason,
the message gets stronger when viewed in a comparative
light. It is not to say that each piece
is not independently impressive only that my
appreciation grows as I see more of his work.
As an added bonus Alden delights us with his
pithy titles. My favorite is, Two friends
having a frank discussion about color.
As you can tell, I like his work."
-Carl F.Cusato - president/CEO, Cusato
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| "French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas argues that the force of the face is always an ethical force before it is an ontological one. He is drawn back to the face--the demanding, transcendent, infinitely finite face--over and over in his thinking. This repetition, and the realization that founds it, is at work as well in the painting of Alden Marin. So often returning to the face, working out the meaning of the face, Marin explores the nature of an encounter with the Other, an embodied Other that more often than not is a manifestation of hope. With careful attention to color and space, Marin not so much constructs his subjects as allows them to appear on his canvas--a canvas which is, so often, a found-object, an article of trash or discard, itself an unwanted and overlooked Other. It is thus through both a process of reclamation and salvation that Marin founds his hope and works his alchemy, turning shape into gaze, line into Being. And as his deconstructed subjectivities--marginally identified, thumb-printed, and longing--stare through us like fragmented stained glass faces, we discover that they are ultimately staring with us, all of us tied together in a force that is always already an ethical force before it is an ontological one."
-Peter Steeves - critic/writer, Depaul University
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Exclusive brand art for Whole Foods wines.
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| DRAGO RISTORANTE in Santa Monica. Sept and Oct of 2002
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| HURSH HOME in Pacific Palisades. Sept of 2002 |
| CAFE VIDA in Pacific Palisades. April of 2002 |
| CALABASAS ART FESTIVAL in
2003 |
| RAW STYLE GALLERY in 2003 |
| CONTENTMENT GALLERY in
Pacific Palisades. Aug through Oct of 2003
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| MARC MICHEL EYEWEAR/GALLERY in
Pacific Palisades, Permanent Show |
| BABALOU RESTAURANT several pieces hanging throughout 2003 and 2004 |
| SCHOMBERG GALLERY at Bergamot, small show in 2004 |
| BRENTWOOD ART WALK in 2004 |
| DRAGO RISTORANTE in Santa
Monica. throughout 2004 |
| MALIBU ARTS FESTIVAL 2004 and 2005 |
| IL SOLARE RISTORANTE in
West Hollywood, throughout 2005 |
| BANK OF AMERICA in Pacific Palisades. June through Sept of 2006 |
| JAVA JONES in Santa Barbara.
Summer of 2007 show poster |
| TRACK 16 GALLERY, BERGAMOT STATION in
Santa Monica. Oct - Nov of 2007 |
| IRON PAN in
Ojai, Ca. Fall of 2007 show poster |
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- 888 West
- Alan Benjamin & Linda Engel
- Art Horan
- Ashley Cusato
- Bill and Cindy Simon
- Britt Marin
- Bruce & Lisa Lorman
- Celestino Drago
- Chiara Olper
- Chloe Carrol
- Chris Carter
- Chris Stills
- Clare Salstrom
- Cliff & Mandy Einstein
- Conchetta Bianco
- Cristina Romeo & Jeff W. Leverenz
- Cynthia Miller
- Dallas Price
- Dan & Jeanne Fauci
- Danny and Carrie Kaplan
- Dave & Ann Gooding
- David & Patty Leach
- David Katz
- David Russell
- Deborah LaGorce Kramer
- Delphine Priest
- Dierk & Candice Sindermann
- Dierk Sindermann
- Dottie and Eric Zicklin
- Doug & Deborah Hafford
- Doug Margerum
- Dr. Eric Pinczower
- Drew & Laurie Levin
- Ed & Jeannie Salven
- Fix Malibu
- Frances Fisher
- Gary Goetzman
- Jack & Susan Duganne
- Jana Meek
- Jason and Rebecca Giles
- Jason Ronstadt
- Jean De La Bassetiere
- Jim Lemley
- Jim Robie & Edith Matthai
- John Hanlon
- John & Katie Marin
- Jose Nazar
- Juliette Lemley
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- Keith Fox
- Keith Mabry
- Kenny Crowder
- LaLa Fann
- Lauren Kantor
- Laura White Chas
- Leslie Goetzman
- Linda & David Johannesen
- Liza and Tom Pernice
- Lois C. Hughes
- Lynn Cloobeck
- Lynn McVeigh & friends
- Mary Autera @ Hidden Café
- Michael & Denise Doyen
- Michael Bialek
- Mike & Greer Macready
- Monica & Santo Selvaggio
- Nicolle Ortega
- Peter & Megan Sheridan
- Peter & Robin Hursh
- Professor H. Peter Steeves
- Rhonda K. Lawrence
- Rob & Beth Setrakrian
- Rob and Claudia Taylor
- Robert Bookman of CAA
- Robert Kirsten
- Robert Radcliffe
- Ron Popeil
- Sally Kirkland
- Schomburg Gallery
- Scott Wendelin
- Sir Anthony Hopkins
- Stanley Felderman
- Stephanie Young
- Steve Bialek
- Steve & Kathryn Levin
- Steve Reiss
- Stuart Simke
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Susan Schomburg
- Taylor & Sarah Corbin
- Timothy Elkins
- Tina Snow
- Vanessa Hill
- Veronique Sanson
- Victor and Leah Assad
- Will Maguire
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