Mark Pol

Own Vision of Mark Pol
Hans Schwarzkächel, who is known in the art world as Mark Pol, has his artistic name chosen because it resembles the name of the Explorer Marco Polo. Such as Polo, and he discovers he is always looking for new areas. The images come directly from the subconscious and his first time in black signed on paper and later transferred onto the canvas. The addition of subsurface materials gives the paintings a rich quality in structure and varied Acrylic colors with emphasis on gradations between light and shadow create authentic peculiar and original works of art.

He builds a fantasy world and gives form to his own philosophical vision. The man, who is a central icon in his world is not complete and should be changed. The most part presented is the head and sometimes eyes, hands and feet. Also parts of the nervous system, but rarely the body. There is always the feeling of loose ends and imperfection of man.

Already in 1968, Anne Frank and Peter in black and white he painted as creepy skeletons. In 1969, he has a sad woman drawn with a blind eye. Existentialism is an important part of his world that represent the imperfect man who needs to be built. The man, such as the names of his paintings express is always looking, never satisfied, requires, is angry, sad and distraught, but must remain silent.

The properties and connections between the fragments form new creatures. Sometimes there are confrontations between man and beast and the relations between him and the world. The compositions are divided by the line that represents the horizon between heaven and Earth and sometimes there are diagonal lines that are a representation of three dimensional perspectives.

The development in his oeuvre allows more detailed and colourful work. The background and the gradations between light and shadow are more striking.
The creation of a own surreal world reminiscent of the French surrealist Ives Tanguy. As he builds his own a parallel world and its creatures express vision.

Dr. Dalia Hacker – Orion
Art Historian
November 2010
Ramat Hasharon
Israel