An Artist's Point of View
For the piece Bend Over, I have chosen a Charcoal stick and as canvas a board from an old bed. The figure on the bed is bent over in agony, pressed down by dreams or perhaps people. I wanted to express the complex and multiple pressures people are exposed to every day.
The second piece is called The Psychology Text Book Similar to the first piece it deals with the many pressures people face. But it also speaks to the dangers of medicating. Sometimes we need to face certain issues in our life and perhaps need to find other ways to deal with or incorporate certain issues into our life and our identities.
Artist Biography
Markus Fahrner is the exhibition manager at Coquitlam Heritage Society, living on the unceded, occupied, ancestral and traditional lands of the Kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), qiqéyt (Qayqayt),xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Markus is also a graphic designer and book artist. As a graphic designer he has worked on packaging design, created AIDS awareness ads in Uganda, created book and magazine layouts, and for a short while worked in the Ad department of the TriCity News. His artist books can be found in the collection of the Library of Congress Washington DC, Meermanno, Den Haag, Klingspor Museum Offenbach. He frequently writes his own texts and is currently exploring how to make inks from roots and berries found on his foraging trips. You can find more about him on Social media @fahrnerdesignworks