Stefan Marx

Sad Generation with Happy Pictures (Black), 2022

Sad Generation with Happy Pictures (Fluorescent Magenta Red), 2022

Silkscreen on St. Cuthberts Somerset Satin, 300g/sm
Sheet size 35.00 x 50.00 cm
Signed and numbered
Edition of 68


The type works, for which Stefan Marx uses a variety of grounds, from paper to porcelain, from walls to textiles, are usually drawn in black and white, while the whites are left empty, and only the black backgrounds are painted. Sad Generation with Happy Pictures is the title of the newest edition, which according to the reverse screen printing process exist in two versions, one in black, and one in fluorescent magenta, dark and light, happy and sad.

Over the past 20 years, STEFAN MARX (*1979 Schwalmstadt, Germany) has lent his unique handwriting to a variety of media: paper, canvas, porcelain and textiles. He publishes artists' books and zines, designs record covers for various labels, and shows his work in international exhibitions, at art book fairs and galleries. Marx lives and works in Berlin.