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Mark Wallen. Solidarity
Not always the work of Mark Vallen is in great demand, which for the most part can be attributed to oil work, although there is something to make a reservation.
However, his things, made by a pencil, really carry a depth and sequence and differ in realism. The main engine and the message of his work are concluded in the idea of solidarity and compassion for mankind. He drew inspiration from the rich heritage of Goya, Daumier, German expressionists.
No Justice, No Peace. Mark Vallen. 1992. Pencil on Paper 11 "X 16"
Joven (Youth). Mark Vallen 2002. Pencil on Paper. 11 x 14
America novia mia (my beled America). Mark Vallen.1990. Lithograph - 21 "X 29"
"Not out children, not their children". Mark Vallen. Graphite on Paper. 2003.
BASTA - ENUGH. Mark Vallen. 1988. Pencil on Paper 15 "X 16"
Solidarity. Mark Vallen. 2006. Oil on Masonite. 18 "x 24"
African American. Mark Vallen. 2004. Oil On Wood Panel. 11 "x 14"
She Who Wears Bells on Her Cheeks. Mark Vallen. 1993. Chalk Pastel on Paper. 2 1/2 x 5 1/2
And this is the artist himself.
Mark was born in Los Angeles in 1953 and creates as much as he remembers. He studied at the prestigious Otis Parsons Art Institute, and his work, as it turned out, has a rich history of his active activity. In the period of the end of the 70s/early 80s, the artist was involved in the then punk rock and made countless works related to this: street and inconsistent posters, printed publications and illustrations in them, in the period from 1979 to 1980, he worked on the magazine of the Slash Magazine magazine, the main publication for that time dedicated to the punk rock went into The environs of the west coast. During his life, Mark somehow managed to take part in the pulcation of Slash Magazine, The La Weekly, La Reader, California Magazine, The Progressive, Mother Jones and South End Press, but the first individual exhibition was only in 2004, which presented it The retrospective of everything that he managed to create for that period and part of his modern creations.