Trainign - Art
Markus NINE has chosen to express himself through depiction of the human body. Trained in Art History at the “Ecole du Louvre”, he feed himself from academicism after a spell at the “Ecole des Arts Appliqués de la ville de Paris” by orientating himself to rough and sensual sculpture. With the human body as the guiding principle of his work. Markus NINE prefers – after clay- to work in basic materials such as wire netting and resin with natural pigments. From these quasi-industrial materials, the challenge is how best to portray movement and gesture with expressiveness. The sculptor models the physical form both to depict certain emotions and also to transcend the soul of these stretched and curled up bodies. A man with the head of a gazelle, a man who cries out, a hieratic African queen or even a tattooed torso; all are linked by a visible strength as they seek to escape their destiny. Markus NINE does not concern himself with minimalism or negativism; he expresses a strong, direct art. What is essential is said. Beyond intellectualism the artist has found the way of simplicity, which comes from heart. The physical material is imbued whith spirit and soul. (Text from Markus Nine website)

Body,vector of emotions -Matter, catalyst of energies
" The "body for the body" is not my subject. My sculptures are never peaceful. Because I'm interested in the energy of the body, the energy which comes from inside, the energy that, with an extroordinary strenght, expresses everything that can not be told. Capture this energy while griping the movement, confront myself to it, deliver an expression and offer it in a dialogue. I chose to work with industrial materials, fencings, resins, coloured natural pigments to propose a rough and sensual sculpture, expression of identity, of individuality. In the matter, there are the one of the creator and the one of the person who looks at it." Markus Nine

Point of view
" Born in 1960, Markus Nine is an artist with a growing inspiration and a confirmed technique. He also creates monumental artworks on demand, one is already exhibited in France.

Markus Nine says it, he's interested in the energy of the body, and this is what he shows us through his sculptures. The position of the body of his characters and animals expresses intensely and unquestionably a state of heart. I was touched by the sensitivity which escapes from this rough matter, which becomes suddenly so refined and touching when one takes time to look" C Galipot.