PREFACE
Opera Gallery New York is pleased to present two incredible artists with two very different yet
powerful techniques: Saber and Rostarr.
This exhibition marks Saber’s second show with Opera Gallery. “The best and most respected
artist in his field,” American graffiti writer and painter, Saber, has a unique technique and ability to
combine multiple layers of paint in order to create a thick texture of depth in his paintings.
Born in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, he was raised by creative parents and discovered his
passion for art at an early age. At 13, his cousins introduced him to graffiti, and from that moment
on he was hooked. In 1997 he completed the largest graffiti piece every made at the Los Angeles
River. Saber began exhibiting his fine artwork in 2002. Famous for his American flags and abstract
pieces on wood, Saber was also one of the main artists featured in the first major street art show to
be exhibited at a museum, the Art in the Streets exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch at The Museum
of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 2011.
Romon Kimin Yang, also known as Rostarr, was born in Korea but has lived in New York since 1989.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Rostarr has been a key figure in the city’s underground art
scene and a core member of the artist collective Barnstormers since 1999. His free-formed work was
born from an intuitive process that comes across as a universe of abstract and geometrical shapes
from which symbolic elements emerge in elegant gestural strokes.
Rostarr is a multi-disciplinary artist, painter, calligrapher and filmmaker living and working in
Brooklyn. In 2000, he was named one of I.D. Magazine’s “I.D. 40 Under 30,” and recognized
as an honoree at the 2004 A.I.C.P. show held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for his
contribution to a celebrated Nike campaign. In 2008 he participated in the Beautiful Loser exhibition
featuring artists and their artwork that emerged from the American subculture, and in 2010, his fortyminute motion painting film titled Kill the Ego was shown at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Subductus 1
Mixed media on panel
122 x 122 cm - 48 x 48 in.
Subductus 2
Mixed media on panel
122 x 122 cm - 48 x 48 in.
Subductus 3
Mixed media on panel
122 x 122 cm - 48 x 48 in.
Base Elements
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 183 cm - 48 x 72 in.
Fragments 1
Mixed media on panel
91,5 x 122 cm - 36 x 48 in.
Fragments 2
Mixed media on panel
91,5 x 122 cm - 36 x 48 in.
Fragments 3
Mixed media on panel
91,5 x 122 cm - 36 x 48 in.
Beautiful Outbreak
Mixed media on canvas
183 x 244 cm - 72 x 96 in.
Colors into Battle
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 183 cm - 48 x 72 in.
Ikonoclysm AU I, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
Ikonoclysm AU II, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
Ikonoclysm AU III, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
Fireworks Song, 2008
Sumi ink on handmade paper
75 x 315 cm - 29.5 x 124 in.
Ikonoclysm AU VI, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
Ikonoclysm AU IV, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
Ikonoclysm AU V, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
Ikonoclysm AU VII, 2013
Ink and acrylic on handmade paper
76 x 56 cm - 30 x 22 in.
The Surge IV (Magnus Salo), 2012
Sumi ink and acrylic on canvas
61 x 183 cm - 24 x 72 in.
Meta I (Ikonoclysm AU), 2013
Ink and acrylic on canvas
134,5 x 109 cm - 53 x 43 in.
Deep Blue Sea I, 2012
Sumi ink on handmade paper
52 x 199,5 cm - 20.5 x 78.5 in.
Head Master I (Cabeza Principal), 2005
Sumi ink on handmade paper
75 x 58 cm - 29.5 x 22.8 in.
Head Master II (Cabeza Principal), 2005
Sumi ink on handmade paper
75 x 58 cm - 29.5 x 22.8 in.
Ikonoclysmic Surge AU I, 2013
Ink and acrylic on canvas
80 x 170,5 cm - 31.5 x 67.2 in.
Black Dots III, 2008
Sumi ink on handmade paper
101,5 x 101,5 cm - 40 x 40 in.
Sea of Souls, 2012
Ink and acrylic on canvas
61 x 183 cm - 24 x 72 in.
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