We’re pleased to announce two new fundraising editions from our own Max Schumann, Printed Matter’s Executive Director. These two works are released on occasion of our Benefit Bash, in recognition of Max’s upcoming departure from the organization after 33 years. The two screen prints, THREAT LEVEL and WE WILL ATTACK, were each realized with a 14-color printing process and feature an original overpainting, making each piece a unique hybrid print/painting.

For many years Max has maintained an outsider painting practice indebted to the Cheap Art Movement, often working in acrylic on simple cardboard sheets. With a post-Pictures Generation approach to working from mass media, Max’s expressionist painting style rework snapshots sourced from television, film, newspapers, adverts, and other print material. The painting focus on banal scenes of flowers and pastoral countryside, as well as SUVs, high rises and predator drones, frequently accompanied by short text statements painted directly over the imagery. Taken together, the work offers a critique of the dark energy at the heart of American politics, consumerism and capitalism.

Threat Level
Max Schumann, 2023
8.5 x 10"
14 color screen print, with original hand painting
Edition of 250
signed and numbered
$100
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We Will Attack
Max Schumann, 2023
20.25 x 30.5"
14 color screen print, with original hand painting
Edition of 35
signed and numbered
$750
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