At the intersection of art and societal culture lies Mark Stout to deliver the message. Based in Manhattan, the popular mixed media and installation artist Marko Stout is best known for his fierce depiction of the contemporary female in a wildly debauched New York City. His current series are a reinvention of the femme fatale motif, exposing the modern woman’s powerful role within today’s uber-paced world. In his latest series, the woman reveal a strong sensuality in contrast with the roughness of their industrial urban backgrounds. Through these depictions, Marko plunges the viewer deeply into a hauntingly seductive and an often confrontational relationship with the subject, creating an edgy examination of creative powers of the individual to strive beyond social, cultural, and moral contexts.
Along this spiral of inspiration from Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton, Jeff Koons and non-narrative French and Italian cinema, he brings his most recent piece called “Chelsea Girls”. In his series “Chelsea Girls” Marko Stout offers a window into the essence of city life with its urban patterns and rhythms, while blending in a burst of female vigor. As we are plunged into this obscure scene, we become lost in the electric colors and dynamic brushstrokes, which ignite against the women’s organic sensuality. By creating this direct window into the urban realm, viewers can enter a rare space in which the human spirit is exposed in its most raw form. This series of works depict young women who are alienated from their abstracted city backgrounds, seemingly unaware of the industrial grit and fast-paced energy of their surroundings.
Marko has recently announced his European Dates to his international tour. The show kicked off at the Art Expo last April in New York City and is currently scheduled to make stops in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. To contact Marko for tour dates or more information please visit his website at: http://www.markostout.com