Marcus Jansen

Victims and Victors


London

For the safety of our visitors and staff, masks must be worn by all visitors upon entrance and hand sanitiser will be provided at the door and throughout the gallery.

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The gallery is open on Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am until 6 pm.

  • , A Confident Wounded Warrior, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas.
    217 x 186.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    85 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Hijab Queen with Mother Earth, 2021
    Oil enamels, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    191.5 x 130.5 cm (framed)
    75 1/2 x 51 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Female Warrior with White Mask, 2021
    Oil enamels, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    191.5 x 130.5 cm (framed)
    75 1/2 x 51 1/2 in (framed)
  • , War Against Propaganda, 2021
    Oil enamels, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    186 x 278 x 6.5 cm
    73 1/2 x 109 1/2 x 2 1/2 in
  • , After Hurricane #1, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , After Hurricane #2, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , After Hurricane #3, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Chaotic World, 2021
    Oil enamel, spray paint, oil stick, toys, wood, foam and paintbrushes on canvas.
    161 x 252.5 x 16 cm (framed)
    63 1/2 x 99 1/2 x 6 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Confined Without a Soul, 2021
    Oil enamels, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    217 x 186 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    85 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Creative Genius, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    217 x 186 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    85 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Phones in the Spotlight #2, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    156 x 126 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    61 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Questions of Birth, 2021
    Oil enamels, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    191.5 x 130.5 cm (framed)
    75 1/2 x 51 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Soldier with PTSD, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas.
    217 x 186 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    85 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , The Reenlistment, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas.
    217 x 186 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    85 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , When the House is on Fire, 2021
    Oil enamel, spray paint, oil stick, frame on canvas
    133 x 104 x 15 cm (framed)
    52 1/2 x 41 x 6 in (framed)
  • , A Snapshot in Time, 2021
    Oil enamels, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    191.5 x 130.5 cm (framed)
    75 1/2 x 51 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Phones in the Spotlight #1, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    156 x 126 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    61 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , Vigilantia, 2021
    Oil enamel, acrylics, spray paint, wood, string, aluminum and epoxy sculpt on canvas
    215.9 x 111.8 x 99.1 cm
    85 x 44 x 39 in
  • , After Hurricane #4, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , After Hurricane #5, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , After Hurricane #6, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , After Hurricane #7, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
  • , After Hurricane #8, 2021

    (MJA0049)

    Marcus Jansen
    After Hurricane #8, 2021
    Oil enamel, oil stick, spray paint on canvas
    55 x 44.5 x 6.5 cm (framed)
    21 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (framed)
    (MJA0049)

Press release

Almine Rech London is pleased to present its first solo exhibition of American artist Marcus Jansen, on view from January 13 until February 19, 2022. This will be Marcus Jansen's second solo exhibition with Almine Rech.

Each year, at 11 am on 11 November, the world falls silent to remember those who lost their lives in the battlefields of World War I. The so-called Great War was meant to be the war to end all wars, but since then, countless other conflicts have unleashed their horror and despair across the globe. Again and again, governments insist that the best way to resolve an argument is to kill. How to disrupt this terrible cycle of violence? Art is one way.

Unlike many of the artists whose work protests the cruelties of war, Marcus Jansen’s searing paintings and sculptures evolved from his direct experience. After spending his formative years in the Bronx and Queens in New York, and then in Monchengladbach in Germany, he joined the United States Army. He was deployed in 1990 to the Gulf War, and then later to Korea and Germany, after eight years he returned home, diagnosed with PTSD. He told me, “I know people who did four, five, six tours and I don’t know how you could do that and come back and function as a human being.” Back in the United States, his rehabilitation included art therapy; painting gave him the language to explore what he had been through. “Art”, he says, “saved my life. It’s the ultimate celebration of my freedom.” 

— Jennifer Higgie, writer and art critic


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