"Marcus Jansen is certainly - and I don't say this lightly - one of the most important American artists of his Generation.”
- Prof Dr. Manfred Schneckenburger, Art Critic/ Art Historian and Documenta Kassel, Curator 1977 and 1987 as well as former director of the Kunsthalle Koln and Professor and reactor at the Kunstakademie Muenster.
ARTIST STATEMENT
"My work examines various aspects of power structures through landscape painting. I’m interested in underlying elements that impact much of today’s society and continue to center my work around economic and global discourse drawing from my many decades of global travel and experience, often resulting in politically and socially charged criticism. I’m not interested in ‘pretty’ painting or paintings of aesthetic value, but rather in the soul and character of today’s underlying contemporary topics. The three dominant elements that influence much of my works are centered around, Economic, Psychological and Military warfare on today’s contemporary life."
- Marcus Jansen
- Prof Dr. Manfred Schneckenburger, Art Critic/ Art Historian and Documenta Kassel, Curator 1977 and 1987 as well as former director of the Kunsthalle Koln and Professor and reactor at the Kunstakademie Muenster.
ARTIST STATEMENT
"My work examines various aspects of power structures through landscape painting. I’m interested in underlying elements that impact much of today’s society and continue to center my work around economic and global discourse drawing from my many decades of global travel and experience, often resulting in politically and socially charged criticism. I’m not interested in ‘pretty’ painting or paintings of aesthetic value, but rather in the soul and character of today’s underlying contemporary topics. The three dominant elements that influence much of my works are centered around, Economic, Psychological and Military warfare on today’s contemporary life."
- Marcus Jansen