This is Marcus Jansen’s first Italian solo show. On display are 20 small- and large-scale canvases presenting not only Jansen’s latest works, some of which have been created especially for Milan, but also some not-so-recent works to give a more complete understanding of the US artist, who is new to the Italian public.

Discovered by Jerome A. Donson, who used to oversee travelling shows for MOMA New York, Jansen is now an established artist, defined by many as a pioneer of Expressionist urban landscape painting. His most prestigious acknowledgements include Best US Artist in 2011 and working with Absolut Vodka. His works also are on display at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.

Jansen’s work is configured as an urban tale that unfolds amid mystery and restlessness. What emerges at first glance – a work with an intense surreal metropolitan atmosphere inhabited by both conscious and unconscious – is confirmed in the technique used by the artist, who deals with the creative act like a free flow issuing forth directly from the unconscious, without preparatory sketches. This technique allows him to recreate an original universe where vastly dissimilar figures amalgamate into one complex framework, in an expression of the deeply interconnected world we live in.

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