Edgar Sarin
Biography
Born in 1989 in Marseille. Lives and works in Paris.
His work bears witness to the formal search for a political and environmental harmony, of which Human being would be the catalyst. Over the years, Edgar Sarin has developed a somewhat unique working strategy, building up a spectacularly organic and natural body of work: « I feel that each new work is potentially a new burden that risks “defining my practice”, which I find terrifying in a way, because it would be so counterproductive. So I tend to consider a new artwork through the spectrum of an “escape” with regard to the little heritage that has built up over all these years in my studio and at my shows. This escape represents progress for me. Beuys said that art is the science of freedom, and I really want to believe that. »
His work is thus elaborated by porosity with the environment. He defends an approach that favors learning about the world and the material - a reasoned form of the creative gesture - which he develops in a plural and precise sculptural corpus.
In 2023, two major works by Edgar Sarin joined the collections of the Centre Pompidou (Paris).
His work is part of prestigious collections such as Musée Maillol (Paris), Fonds de Dotation Emerige (Paris), CCCOD (Tours), Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium (Norway) or Zuzeum museum (Riga)...
Edgar Sarin's work has been recently exhibited the French Institute of Tokyo (Japan), Carmignac Foundation (Porquerolles), Grand Café (Saint-Nazaire), Musée de l'armée (Paris) ; la Monnaie de Paris ; Collège des Bernardins (Paris) ; Centre d'Art Contemporain Chanot; Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré (CCCOD); as part of the Nuit Blanche 2018 and at Konrad Fischer Galerie (Berlin).
Edgar Sarin received the EMERIGE Revelations Award 2016, an event in which our gallery was a partner.
Selected works
![Post Pontormo series, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_post_pontormo_series_michel_rein_11412.jpg)
![Boléro, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_bolero_michel_rein_11260.jpg)
![Petit sarcophage, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_petit_sarcophage_michel_rein_11258.jpg)
![Post Arato-san, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_post_arito_san_michel_rein_11256.jpg)
![Post Montelimar series, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_post_montelimar_series_michel_rein_11254.jpg)
![Nori series, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_nori_series_michel_rein_11251.jpg)
![Ohaguro, Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/artwork/images/edgar_sarin_ohaguro_michel_rein_11380.jpg)
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Gallery exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
![Collection Lambert, Avignon](/cspdocs/contact/portfolio/art_poush_dg_p039_9387_43cm.jpg)
![Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire](/cspdocs/contact/portfolio/edgarsarin_grandcafe_005_bd.jpg)
![Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire](/cspdocs/contact/portfolio/edgarsarin_grandcafe_022_bd.jpg)
![Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire](/cspdocs/contact/portfolio/edgarsarin_grandcafe_034_bd.jpg)
![Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire](/cspdocs/contact/portfolio/edgarsarin_grandcafe_035_bd.jpg)
![Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire](/cspdocs/contact/portfolio/edgarsarin_grandcafe_042_bd.jpg)
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Videos
EXHIBITION
Edgar Sarin, "victoires (suite)", Michel Rein, Paris, 2021
CONVERSATION
Conversation between Edgar Sarin and Jean-Pierre Criqui, editor-in-chief of Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne at the Centre Pompidou, Paris
Press
![Un été au Havre 2024 : le merveilleux envahit la ville normande - Les Inrockruptibles](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/un_t_au_havre_2024_le_merveilleux_envahit_la_ville_normande_michel_rein_1249.jpg)
Les Inrockruptibles
Un été au Havre 2024 : le merveilleux envahit la ville normande
2024
![Les 10 œuvres incontournables à voir pendant Un été au Havre 2024 - IDEAT](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/les_10_uvres_incontournables_a_voir_pendant_un_ete_au_havre_2024_michel_rein_1247.jpg)
IDEAT
Les 10 œuvres incontournables à voir pendant Un été au Havre 2024
2024
![« Un été au Havre » : une vivifiante huitième édition, en bronze, en béton et en pixels - Le Monde](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/un_ete_au_havre_une_vivifiante_huitieme_edition_en_bronze_en_beton_et_en_pixels_michel_rein_1252.jpg)
Le Monde
« Un été au Havre » : une vivifiante huitième édition, en bronze, en béton et en pixels
2024
![Palais d'esthètes - Milk Decoration](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/palais_d_esthtes_milk_decoration_salome_mathieu_michel_rein_1230.jpg)
Milk Decoration
Palais d'esthètes
2024
![Edgar Sarin solo exhibition 'HUNKY DORY' at VAGUE KOBE - ADF](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/edgar_salan_solo_exhibition_hunky_dory_at_vague_kobe_adf_michel_rein_1219.jpg)
ADF
Edgar Sarin solo exhibition 'HUNKY DORY' at VAGUE KOBE
2024
![Edgar Sarin, exposer vivant - Le Club de Mediapart](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/edgar_sarin_exposer_vivant_le_club_de_mediapart_guillaume_lasserre_michel_rein_1193.jpg)
Le Club de Mediapart
Edgar Sarin, exposer vivant
2024
![Edgar Sarin, alchimiste Saint-Nazaire - La République de l'art](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/edgar_sarin_alchimiste_saint_nazaire_la_republique_de_l_art_patrick_scemama_michel_rein_1180.jpg)
La République de l'art
Edgar Sarin, alchimiste Saint-Nazaire
2023
![Favoriser l'émergence - The Art Newspaper](/cspdocs/press/couvertures/favoriser_l_emergence_michel_rein_1176.jpg)
The Art Newspaper
Favoriser l'émergence
2023
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Publications
![Edgar Sarin](/cspdocs/editions/couvertures/es_2024_edgar_sarin_couverture.jpg)
Edgar Sarin
Publisher: Manuella Éditions
2024
![Collection Laurent Dumas, Morceaux choisis](/cspdocs/editions/couvertures/es_2018_laurent_dumas.jpg)
Collection Laurent Dumas, Morceaux choisis
Publisher: Communic'art
2018