Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage

Marcus Brutus

Maiden Voyage, 2021177.8 x 152.4cmSign in to view price
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acrylic on canvasHarper's
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This vibrant painting by Paul Cuffe showcases a striking visual composition. The canvas is dominated by bold, contrasting colors, with a vivid blue sky and pink foreground. The distinctive shapes and forms, including the prominent black silhouettes, create an intriguing and dynamic arrangement. The artist's expressive brushstrokes and imaginative use of symbols, such as the star motifs, suggest a playful and whimsical artistic style. This work invites the viewer to engage with its playful and unconventional interpretation of the natural landscape, reflecting the artist's unique perspective and creative vision. ...

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Artist
Marcus Brutus
B.1991, American

Marcus Brutus (b. 1991, Silver Spring, MD) is a self-taught, New York City-based artist whose paintings explore ideas of power through portraiture by examining Black American identity and civil rights struggles. Brutus, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John’s University, Queens and previously worked in Public Relations, deftly applies his innate ability of storytelling to art. Culling from a diversity of source material—fashion, film, music, archival photography, and literature, for instance—he fluidly entwines subtle and overt references to the past and present, working between imagined and documented states to create vignettes that collapse discrete eras and context. There is a palpable intensity to his work, reinforced by a radiant palette held in tension with gesso-bare canvas, and dynamically askew lines that wind and fray upon the image plane. “What I’m trying to do is establish a legacy,” Brutus explains. “I want to show these very contemporary issues but show them as having some long past.” ...

Marcus Brutus: Artworks
Black Symphony
Marcus BrutusBlack Symphony, 2022
152.4 x 152.4cm
Maiden Voyage
Marcus BrutusMaiden Voyage, 2021
177.8 x 152.4cm
The Emperor Jones
Beau-Ty
Marcus BrutusBeau-Ty, 2022
152.4 x 152.4cm
Portrait #2 (Telfar)
Out West
Marcus BrutusOut West, 2020
152.4 x 101.6cm
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Harper's
New York City

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