Prime Mark (the Origin), 2026
Stoz

Painting : acrylic, Stencil

70 x 50 x 2 cm 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€350 350 €
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Unique artwork

Signature

Hand-signed by artist

Authenticity

Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the artist

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Dimensions cm inch

70 x 50 x 2 cm 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


Tags

Street art

Animal

Conceptual

Semi-abstract

Totem

Black

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: Italy

Stoz has always worked at the edge where street language meets symbol. This new series pushes that edge further. It introduces a sharpened visual vocabulary built from urban glyphs, totemic structure, and pure black-and-white stencil logic. The result is a body of work that feels both ancient and contemporary, raw and deliberate, like a ritual carried out on a city wall.

The glyph-totem series is not a collection of single images. It's a designed arc of eight works that share one DNA and explore it from different angles. Each piece stands on its own, yet together they read as one statement. A collector encounters a complete world, not a set of variations.

At the center of every work is the same idea: a figure built from fractured glyph fragments, mask-like geometry, and a strong vertical silhouette. That silhouette is the signature. You can recognize it from across a room, then keep reading it up close, where the sharp angles and interlocking forms reveal their tension.

This restraint is the point. By stripping color and shading away, Stoz forces the form to do all the work. The negative space carries as much meaning as the black line. Each piece becomes a clear, confrontational mark rather than a decorative surface.

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MoBe Art Gallery Art Collector • Italy

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Stoz, Prime Mark (the Origin)

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Born in Milan in 1998, Marco Stazzini — known as Stoz — has developed one of the most visually distinct voices to emerge from Italy'scontemporary art scene in recent years. Trained at the Brera Academy, he brings an unusual combination to his practice: the raw energy of street art culture and the compositional discipline of formal fine art education. The result is a body of work that feels both immediate and considered.

Color is the foundation of everything Stoz makes. Bold gradients move across his canvases with a tension that is hard to ignore — layered, saturated, and emotionally loaded. His paintings carry a sense of depth that rewards extended looking, shifting between graphic clarity and painterly complexity depending on how closely you engage with them. Each work has presence. Each one holds a room.

His practice extends beyond painting into sculpture, where he applies the same chromatic intensity and urban sensibility to three-dimensional form. Female figures, abstracted and adorned with intricate surface patterns, extend his visual language into physical space, creating a dialogue between canvas and object that strengthens the coherence of his overall output.

Stoz is still early in his career. At 28, he already has a recognisable signature, a growing international following, and a track record of works that move. For collectors looking to acquire a distinctive voice while the work remains accessible, his combination of emotional energy, technical range, and strong visual identity makes him one of the more compelling emerging figures in contemporary Italian art right now.

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