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''Right away I loved the feeling of working with silk and ink, and that sense of wonder never seems to fade...''  ~ Peter Mars
For 30 years showcased the work of the city’s most vibrant, quirky, and thought-provoking artists.
Its experts helped clients frame prized artworks and create eye-popping installations of their own. And the gallery itself was the site of countless fundraisers and festive events.
Co-founders Peter Mars, Barbie Gazdik, and James Turk opened Mars Gallery in 1988, carving out a home in a 19th century all-brick timber loft on Fulton Market in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. While other commercial businesses filled the streets by day, artists and creatives began to set up shop, creating a vibrant community and a legendary nightlife scene. Mars Gallery became home to a weird and wonderful variety of art and artists, including contemporary, modern pop art, abstract, figurative and more. Customers looked to the gallery not just for fine art, but also for custom framing services, professional art installation, a silkscreen studio, and an events space.
"Lots to See"  15x22.5 inches, hand pulled silk screen on Studio heavyweight archival paper.
Peter Mars (b.1959)
is a renowned American artist with ties to both the Pop Art and Outsider Art movements.  Mars is represented in NYC, Chicago, Houston, Paris, Toronto, London, and Los Angeles. He has been at the forefront of the American Pop Art movement since the early 1980s.  In 1988, he founded Mars Gallery, a wildly popular Chicago night spot and the iconic hub of its lively art scene.
Peter Mars is exhibited with Keith Haring, Banksy, Andy Warhol, Shepard Fairey, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and others.
His works appear in the collections of:  Muhammad Ali, Betsey Johnson, Nate Berkus, Michael Jordan, Sandra Bernhard, Carroll Shelby Racing, Circuit City, Sheryl Crow, Deloitte and Touche, Draft Worldwide, Girl Rock Productions, Halo Industries, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Jesse Jackson, Philips Lighting, Legacy Marketing Partners, Barack and Michelle Obama, Ox-Bow School of Art, Penguin Books, Priscilla Presley, Sun Studio, Strictly Hype Records, The Redwalls, Tow Records, Upshot Inc., Wexford Bank Group, 426 Inc., Carmelo Anthony, many others,
and your name here
; )
Mars artworks often incorporate the use of silkscreen aka serigraphy (from the French words for "silk writing") where ink is pulled across a piece of silk fabric onto various mediums including wood, cardboard, and paper.  His works form a running commentary on global popular culture.
This is a Mars studio artifact:
Generally these are unusual works on paper or cardboard found hidden away in the studio. Experimental works, extras, odds and ends, may be scuffed, bent, nicked or torn. Fabulous treasures found tucked away in the back of racks, drawers and flat files, or wrapped up in dusty bubble wrap. Wonderful opportunities for you to find hidden gems.
SHIPPING POLICY:
1.
We do not invoice people
due to eBay shipping fees being different than the actual shipping we're charged. We can't guess the amount because it varies depending on courier fluctuating prices.
2. We are happy to combine shipping for you provided the addresses are identical. International orders should be purchased together in one order otherwise, eBay will not allow us to combine.
3. We reimburse any shipping fees charged by eBay that exceed our Cost.
4. We use the highest quality
crush-poof tubes
that are 6'' diameter, and art boxes with plenty of padding and/or thin maple wood sheets.
5. Our shipper has decades of experience packing art & we have not had a damaged order to date.
Yay!!!
6. If you only have a PO. Box then please do understand that USPS is slow & loses packages sometimes. We will use that service only if chosen by the buyer without any other option. It's at the Buyers own risk.  BOOKS ARE SHIPPED USPS.
7. ***PO Box numbers Can Not be used on orders shipped with our couriers- FedEx & UPS. Physical address only.*** If you provide a POB but want UPS or FedEx then eBay makes us cancel & relist the order for you. So, please decide ahead of ordering. Thanks!
8. Reimbursements occur
after art is paid in full & delivered
. Only then do we get the final shipping fee from eBay. The couriers change their prices without notice.
9.
Although we don't cover shipping fees,
we Do provide really cool art at incredible auction prices!
:-)
10. The reimbursements can take about 3 weeks depending on how busy we get, only one lady handling the paper load, Lisa! We will always try our best!!