“Schaefer is a Paris-based multi-disciplinary artist. His driving force is pressuring impulse to capture his current state of mind. In a world predominantly ruled by color images, Schaefer seeks avenues of escape and expression through the visual aesthetics of black and white. The artist puts the color black at the heart of his work, using it as a central component to his visual messaging.
Black, as the absence of color and absorption of light, the signifier of evil, death, and fear, is newly interpreted in creative ways. Schaefer overturns the binary of black and white to create a sophisticated system of new meanings throughout the images - black acquires vulnerability and softness, becoming the site of a new entanglement of representation. The art works of solely black and white compositions feel vulnerable, otherworldly and create a vision of seductive allure. Schaefer‘s drawings depict scenes of abstract beings of all diversity meeting at an intersection of various realities and exploring identity, intimicy, vulnerability and sensitivity. An emotional vacuum and peaceful realm of coexistence. His sculptures are characters from his drawings translated into the three dimensional world.
Schaefer is not interested in technical perfection; he is intrigued instead by spontaneity and imprecision. The element of mistake is fundamental in all his creative endeavors.”
Devid Gualandris, Ignant (2020)
General inquiries
T +44 7365575337
M contact@marcusschaefer.com
Commercial Representation
Monsieur L’Agent (France)
27 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth
75003 Paris
Romuald Stivine
romuald@monsieurlagent.com
Image Syndication
For all licensing requests please e-mail: licensing@trunkarchive.com
Selected commercial clients
Chanel, Armani Beauty, Hermès, La Prairie, Adidas Y-3, Victoria Beckham Beauty, COS, Alfa Romeo, Massimo Alba
Selected publications
Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Beauty Papers, Document Journal, Dazed Beauty, The New York Times Magazine, Exhibition Magazine, Le Monde d`Hermès, Pan & the Dream Magazine, Sixteen World, Carcy, Buckley Magazine, Port Magazine, Anima Magazine, Union Magazine, Shadowplay Magazine, Kinfolk, Wallpaper Magazine, Evening Standard, Sunday Times Style, Twin Magazine, Off Black Magazine, Tush Magazine, Under the Influence Magazine
Solo Exhibitions
2022
The Unexpected, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2023
Haute Photographie, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photo Basel, Kahmann Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
KunstRAI Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Collectibles, Kahmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Haute Photographie, Kahmann Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2022
Dub Gallery Pop-up Exhibition, Kahmann Gallery, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Vpgö, Kunstmesse, Munich, Germany
Big Art Fair, Kahmann Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Haute Photographie, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photo Basel, Kahmann Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Lartique, Gallery Bertrand Grimont, Paris, France
Haute Photographie, Kahmann Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Body, 17 Photographers, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021
Photo Basel, Kahmann Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
KunstRAI Art Fair, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019
Sixteen Journal Retrospective Exhibition, Oddity Gallery, Paris, France
2018
Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy
New Vanguard Photography Exhibition, Aperture Foundation Gallery, NY, USA
Fotografhuset AS, Oslo, Norway
New Labs Artists II, Red Hook Labs Gallery, NY, USA