Dialog_3/21 (2021) Digital Arts by Mario Sprinz

Mario Sprinz has also been painting digitally since 2012. He says: "My painting is drawn, or my drawings are painted." Mario Sprinz is often assigned to the graffiti artist, which doesn't bother him. "I have a lot of respect for the boys and girls who spray around the train stations at night." His "scatches" are printed behind glass, or are printed on heavy, high-quality paper. The framing can be customized. Interview with Mario Sprinz How do you come up with your topics? MS: They're just there. I paint what I see and experience. A good experience, a bad experience, a pain. And then I just start painting. Sometimes I also have a clear idea of what the picture, the scene looks like. A scene in my head, so to speak, which I then draw. If the drawing doesn't yet reflect what I have in mind, I then paint the scene with colors. And then again I go into detail and then comes the individual character of the guys and then the people act, I do that spontaneously and so on. How long do you work on an image? MS: I can't say that exactly, because I've carried the issues around with me for a long time. The Last Supper is my working title, I've been carrying it around with me for ages. And for a year now I've had the feeling it has to come out. Then I usually first draw sketches in my book, and then I paint/draw on a small canvas. And then it keeps changing. So it's up to you how you see it. A lifetime or a month. I can also quickly paint other pictures that belong to a theme. So between 2-3 days. But I often just paint over the picture because I don't like it. How much are you inspired by other painters/ artists? MS: I would now like to say, not at all. But of course that's not true. Of course, contemporary painting and the current art scene influence me just like everything else that happens around me. That's what triggers my feelings. I'm just a part of the here and now. Except that I just draw and paint it and others write or dance. It was always important to me that the handwriting of my professors should not be seen. Was there pressure in your studies? How did you feel? I was under pressure only economically. I just wanted to be my own boss in all situations. Financially, personally and in my artistic statement. To what extent are your pictures autobiographical? MS: I'd rather not say anything about that now. Just look. Anyway, I've come to realize that my own thoughts mean nothing to my friends who like the pictures. They discover their own stories in the pictures. I notice that as soon as someone dares to say something about a picture, about the content, it is completely authentic with the viewer. This is most obvious in the scene in "You are so pale" or now in Famos Heroes, everyone can see that for themselves. Who is your target group? MS: Hahhh, an ad question. Well, the 30 year olds understand my pictures without asking "stupid" questions. Can you please delete the "stupid"? The younger ones are totally enthusiastic and say so too. The under 35s grew up with Basquiat and Baselitz, by then Fluxus was through; and I also have the feeling that young people are more relaxed about art. My sons' generation loves this kind of communication. My year and older is rather skeptical. The pictures don't fit into a "good" room either. Rather in a loft or in a museum. What is your biggest wish? MS: I want to go to the MOMA and the Neue PINAKOTHEK. It's clear, isn't it? What is important to you in your painting now? I want to create something permanent. In contrast to advertising, which I also did enthusiastically for years. Today I don't want to have to please anyone anymore and I don't want to make any more compromises in the design. I mean that you changed your painting style a bit? MS: Yes, I have refined it again in the last 2 years. By overdrawing I mean I get more depth into the pictures. I put the painting with the brush in the background to give more space to the drawing, i.e. the spontaneous. Do you enjoy working with other artists? MS.: Yes, great genes. With director Matthias Eberth, for example, that inspires me a lot. He also dares to tackle difficult topics. He doesn't make it easy for himself either. He's incredibly creative. (...you know I don't like that word......but I can't think of any other right now.) What can we expect from you next? I appreciate a scandal. Interview with André Kirberg, art networker, MD of Sculpture Network Service GmbH

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