Max, Maria, Andi & Co.

Stefan Marxs primary medium is drawing, which he employs in a wide variety of contexts, including classic drawings on paper, illustrations for record sleeves, T-shirts, skateboards, and magazines. His pictorial worlds are psycho-geographic landscapes recruited from archaic and classical motifs of Tyrolean history, and his panoramas reference historical and contemporary meanings. His protagonists are not glorified, but are a jibe at historical pathos. His pictorial language requires no knowledge of art or cultural history and no familiarity with the subjects, but simply a willingness to explore the many and varied links of the narrative to the cultural history of the Tyrol. His rectangular cyclorama is a quarry of Tyrolean history and culture, with metaphors, quotations, and references to cultural objects from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing is a democratic pursuit, as it is the work of an individual but belongs to us all.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 31 December 2020
Publisher: Nieves

Stefan Marxs primary medium is drawing, which he employs in a wide variety of contexts. In addition to classic drawings on paper, he also illustrates record sleeves, T-shirts, skateboards, and magazines. His drawings are spontaneous sketches of his observations of everyday life, with the individual and the landscape as recurring themes. Marxs idealized panorama for the Aula in the Ferdinandeum is a Tyrolean theme park, a place of urban styling. His pictorial worlds are psycho-geographic landscapes recruited from archaic and classical motifs of Tyrolean history. His panoramas reference historical and contemporary meanings; we witness the execution of Andreas Hofer in Mantua and are guests of Emperor Maximilian and his entourage. The panoramas present images such as one would expect of an idealized world. All the indicators of the good life are present: laughing landscapes, exulting animals, the naked Nordkette, etc. In contrast to classical portraits, his protagonists are not glorified; they are not there to impress. Free of all aristocratic privilege, no respectful distance is demanded of the viewer; more droll than impressive, they are a jibe at historical pathos. Stefan Marxs pictorial language requires no knowledge of art or cultural history and no familiarity with the subjects, but simply a willingness to explore the many and varied links of the narrative to the cultural history of the Tyrol. His panorama takes us on a journey of fantasy, on which we encounter fantastic figures and are confronted with purported history. His rectangular cyclorama is a quarry of Tyrolean history and culture. The pictorial spaces house a flurry of metaphors, and there are quotations and references to cultural objects from the Middle.

Weight: 156g
Dimension: 195 x 255 x 6 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783907179246