red door and box VK 2 (2018) Collages by Annette Marx

Annette Marx, a contemporary German artist, explores the theme of beauty in the transient and fleeting aspects of life. Whether traversing post-industrial landscapes or embracing the natural world, Marx seeks to perceive the inherent beauty in her surroundings, capturing the essence of vulnerability.

In her artistic practice, Marx translates her observations into visual form, incorporating the shapes and forms she encounters. Through a process of accumulation and adaptation, she creates abstract yet sometimes representational series of works. Utilizing a variety of materials including photos, papers, and screen prints as collages, Marx playfully integrates them onto canvas, enhancing them with acrylic paint and chalk.

In her compositions, photos, colors, and lines merge to form a powerful yet fragile whole, echoing the overall impression and beauty of real found objects. Through her intervention with color and line, Marx breathes new life into the ephemeral, creating something fresh against the backdrop of loss.

Her art serves as a response to the dark absurdity of the world, a defiant breath against the day. Marx strives to maintain her own reality amidst the multitude of coexisting realities, searching for the glimmer of light in darkness, grace in the morbid, and meaning behind the absurd. For Marx, enduring lies in finding and embracing these moments of beauty and grace.

• Nationality: GERMANY
• Date of birth : 1964
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary German Artists