All sculptures are available as limited edition bronze pieces until sold out. Please call for availability.
"Martin's sculpture seems alive and in full motion which is an extremely hard thing to do. Every aspect of producing a sculpture is truly an art with Martin. There is never any question that every detail will be perfect. Not only are the proportions right on, facial features exquisitely detailed, patinas expertly orchestrated, he even starts with a state of mind weeks or months before the piece is sculpted. He aspires to celebrate the best of mankind, the hope for tomorrow, the love of today. I find him a very gentle soul and a wonderfully interesting person to know."
-Mary Martin
"Rapture"
58" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"One with the Universe"
61" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"Dreams of Ecstasy"
71" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"To Love Is to Be"
60" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"Brimstone"
30" High Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"Security Blanket"
16" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"InSpire"
31" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
"Helping Hand"
12" High
Limited Edition Bronze on Granite Base
(Created by Martin after hearing my story about how my sister became my saving angel when I was diagnosed with cancer.)
"Adrenaline Rising"
14" High
Limited Edition Bronze
on Granite Base
"Seeing in the Dark"
30" High
Limited Edition Bronze
on Granite Base
"Silent Reverie"
31" High
Limited Edition Bronze
on Granite Base
Artist Biography
"Martin Eichinger deploys his virtuosic, intuitive command of human anatomy in the service of timeless narratives. In the lineage of Donatello and the great sculptural dramatists of the Renaissance, he tells stories in bronze, which resonate with emotional and symbolic impact in our contemporary times. Eichinger is that rare figurative sculptor who transcends "realism" in pursuit of a more evocative "romanticism," depicting men and women as mythic archetypes who embody exalted states of human potential. These invigorating vignettes of aspiration, achievement, love, and beauty are the stuff of which dreams-and more importantly, lives-are made."
-Richard Speer, biographer and art critic, ARTnews and Willamette Week
Working in his 6,000-square-foot studio, with its 16-foot-high-ceilings and specialized enlarging equipment, Eichinger creates dramatic bronzes that range in scale from intimate to monumental. For more than twenty years, this dynamic, visionary artist has produced limited-edition sculptures that engage the minds and hearts of collectors and resonate within our larger social and political culture. Grouped into themed series-Dream, Circus, Exotic Women, Goddess, Duet, Passage, Dance, and Mythic Man-the sculptures chronicle the eternal human pursuit of meaning, happiness, and growth.
In addition to his University degrees, Eichinger undertook independent studies in classical sculpture throughout Europe. Today, as a master teacher, he is founder and faculty member of the Fire & Earth Art Center, a Portland, Oregon art school that stresses the imperative for meaning and emotional content in addition to formal aesthetic technique. Over the past two decades Eichinger has taught numerous workshops and mentored more than twenty apprentices. A professional member of the National Sculpture Society, he is also a founding member of the Pacific Northwest Sculpture Association. His work is represented by more than two-dozen fine art galleries throughout the United States and is housed in over 1,000 private and corporate collections around the world.
Interview with Martin Eichinger
Artist Statement
Making art that somehow touches people in an intimate way is a remarkable role to try to live out in one's life. Most of the time my efforts just serve to keep me humble. And when I do sometimes succeed, I feel like I was "given" something important, not like I "made" something important.
It is my goal to produce artwork that comes from a place deep inside of me and I have used meditation techniques to quiet the chatter and help make clear what remains. My work exposes emotions or reactions to what I observe and hopefully a bit of wisdom. Each series is a study down a path of personal meditation, but with this new series, that path loops back around and looks at the meditation process that I have followed for the past 30 years.
Using a simple meditation of counting my breaths, 1 thru 4, each breath first manifests as a thought and eventually becoming a vision. “One With The Universe” reminds me that I am part of something bigger than me. “To Love Is To Be” is about the essential nature of loving and being loved. “Three Options Are Open” rejects polarized or black and white thinking and helps me see new possibilities. “Fortify My Spirit” is an acknowledgement that my request for strength has been answered. Together they create a mythic grounding or a collective narrative for my being.
I became an artist to participate in a renaissance dialog about our lives, our civilization and the essential elements that give meaning to life. I hope the Meditation Series can add to this conversation.
We are pleased to introduce an original fountain by romantic, narrative sculptor Martin Eichinger. Symphony in S Minor features eight figures in cast bronze, gently rotating above falling water. The symbols and characters are separate yet connected, much like the instruments that make up a Symphony. S Minor refers to the minor form of three-dimensional sculpture, bas-relief. Released as a limited edition of 15, the bronze measures 40 inches in diameter, and total height of fountain is 74 inches.
Mary Martin Gallery I is located on 103 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401 843-723-0303
Mary Martin Gallery IIis located at 143 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Mary Martin Galleries have been selected as the best galleries in South Carolina for thirteen years in a row and amd selected as one of the top 20 galleries in the nation, Also, MMG has been selected as the best gallery by several local publications.
