Full Description
"In a time oversaturated with images and quick
consumption, Marcus Schaefer's photographic work stands
as a quiet rebellion. It defies easy categorization, resists
superficial clarity, and insists on depth, ambiguity, and
sensation. Spanning more than a decade, this body of work,
collected in Marcus Schaefer — Photographic Works
2013-2025, is not merely a retrospective, but a portal
into a unique aesthetic universe: one where the known
is made strange, and the invisible is drawn delicately into
view. From abstract portraits and conceptual still lifes
to spectral nudes, object studies, and previously unseen
street and travel images, Schaefer's photographs speak
in visual riddles. They are less concerned with the outer
appearance of things than with the inward resonance
they provoke. This retrospective captures the evolution
of that vision across twelve years — a period during
which Schaefer's vocabulary has grown more refined,
his experiments more confident, and his voice more assured.
Marcus Schaefer is a Paris-based multi-disciplinary
artist working in photography, sculpture and painting.
The artist puts the color black at the heart of his work,
using it as a central component to his visual messaging.
His first book Mapping Subconciousness was published
with Patrick Remy Studio in 2024."
