Martin Sastre
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| Born | February 13, 1976 |
| Origin |  Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Genre(s) | Contemporary Art |
| Website | www.martinsastre.com |
Martin Sastre (born February 13, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a contemporary Uruguayan media artist working with film, video, sculpture, photography and drawing.
Sastre spent his youth in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2002 he moved to Madrid, granted by Fundación Carolina of the government of Spain.
His best-known works are Iberoamerican Trilogy (Videoart: The Iberoamerican Legend, Montevideo: The Dark Side of the Pop and Bolivia 3: Confederation Next).
In 2003 Sastre set up the Martin Sastre Foundation for the Super Poor Art with the slogan, "Adopt a Latin American Artist". The Foundation has at its heart the opportunity to sponsor artists from the periphery who normally do not have the economic means to access international circuits.
In 2004 he won the First Prize for Young Artist at Madrid's highly prestigious ARCO Art Fair by the Madrid City Council. This same year his work Bolivia 3: Confederation Next, where Sastre fights American Artist Matthew Barney, was selected for the National representation of Uruguay in the Sao Paulo Biennial.
In 2005 his work Diana: The Rose Conspiracy was released during the Venice Biennial where the artist claims to have found Diana, Princess of Wales alive in Montevideo. This same year, the Martin Sastre Foundation brought three German artists from the Bauhaus University in Weimar to Montevideo with his program "Be a Latin American Artist".
He is the eldest brother of three children, a sister Maria Eugenia Malaneschii, and brother Federico Sastre Malaneschii both regularly featuring in his artworks.
He is based in Madrid, Spain where he has done collaborations with the Spanish Pop band Fangoria.
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[edit] Videography
- 2000 The E! True Hollywood Story, Heidiboy Channel
- 2001 Masturbated Virgin I, Masturbated Virgin II Sor Kitty: The Missonary Nun
- 2002 Videoart: The Iberoamerican Legend The Iberoamerican Videoart Awards
- 2003 The Martin Sastre Foundation, Nadia walks with me
- 2004 Montevideo: The Dark Side of the Pop, La Mano en el Fuego with Fangoria, Bolivia 3: Confederation Next
- 2005 Diana: The Rose Conspiracy
[edit] Exhibitions (solo)
- Aura, Gallerie Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France 2006
- Hola Australia!, Art Space, Sydney, Australia, 2005
- The Iberoamerican Trilogy RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Melbourne, Australia, 2005
- Fantastic Leme Gallery São Paulo, Brazil, 2005
- Martin Sastre American As Well , Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K., 2005
- The Iberoamerican Trilogy , Art In general New York, U.S.A., 2005
- The Iberoamerican Trilogy , MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago y Metro Quinta Normal, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2005
- Martin Sastre American As Well , Site Gallery, Sheffield, U.K., 2004
- Planet Sastre/ Buenos Aires Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003
- Planet Sastre, Casa de América Madrid, Spain, 2002
[edit] Exhibitions (group)
- 12 Contemporary Experimental Images, Shangai DUOLUN Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China, 2006
- En las Fronteras, Museo d'Arte Contemporánea, Genova, Italy, 2006
- 11 BIM Bienal de l'Image en Mouvement, Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Sain Gervais, Genevra, Switzerland, 2005
- The Hours, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 2005
- Emergencias, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain, 2005
- XXVI Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, 'Representación Nacional de Uruguay São Paulo, Brazil, 2004
- Playlist, Palis de Tokyo Paris, France, 2004
- Video X, Momenta Art, New York, U.S.A., 2004
- Superyo, MALBA Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004
- VIII Bienal de la Habana, La Havana, Cuba, 2003
- I Bienal Internacional de Praga, Prague, Czech Republic, 2003
- You think I'm Superficial, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, U.S.A., 2002
- El Final del Eclipse, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain, 2001
- III Bienal del MERCOSUR Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001
- Big Quisiera ser grande, Momenta Art, New York, U.S.A., 2000
[edit] External links
- [1] The Martin Sastre Foundation
- [2] Planet Sastre by Eva Grinstein, Galería Ruth Benzacar
- [3] La comida estaba deliciosa by Horace Brockington, NY ARTS
- [4] AURA by Nicola Taylor, Paris-Art
