Chris Mars kunstbok (maler/musiker/The Replacements)

7:42 P.M.

The new, 272 page monograph by Chris Mars

Books are new and in their original shrinkwrap. However, some minor damage to the edges and corners due to shipping has occurred.

Publisher's description:

Each of the many paintings presented in 7:42 P.M. is a visual novella about the challenges and possibilities of the human condition.

These pages—filled with haunting portraits of beautiful women combined with skeletal forms, of crowds of wounded people surrounded by medical personnel, of dark landscapes opened up by bright tunnels of light—will hopefully give the reader a more comprehensive view into his complex, inspirational, and beautiful world. 

Chris Mars paints to express personal experiences that led him to confront the torments of misunderstood and unloved individuals whose presence was far outside the “norm” of social acceptability. He can sympathetically and beautifully depict this sense of otherness, isolation, fear, and cruel oppression. He shows us that with care and kindness, the world goes on.

About the artist:

Chris Mars was born in 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the youngest of seven children. At five, he experienced the institutionalization of his eldest brother, Joe, due to schizophrenia, which deeply influenced his creative expression. Mars aims to "free the oppressed" and "liberate the actualized self" in his work, which has been exhibited internationally.

In addition to his painting, Mars is an accomplished musician. He released four solo albums subsequent to his tenure as drummer in The Replacements, a band he helped found in 1979 with Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Paul Westerberg.