Monday Post 3-23-09
Charles Fazzino
Charles Fazzino, world acclaimed American pop artist, has created his own unique mix of the art form. The seeds of his inspiration came from artistic family roots and from Manhattan, the city which fired his youthful imagination during his formative early childhood years. His young and fertile creative mind was captivated by giant picture books depicting life in late 20th Century urban America. 3-D movies and pop-up story books further sparked his imagination. His work depicts the remnants of childhood visions of yellow taxi cabs, the Statue of Liberty, storefronts decked with color, and the heart throb of life itself that is embodied in Manhattan.
As a youth, Charles would take advantage of every opportunity to ride the train into the city to absorb the color and excitement of the Village of Central Park. The late 1970's and early 1980's found him as a regular at the Washington Square Park Outdoor Art Festival in the Village. The diversity and strength of his work quickly escalated him to the National art circuit exhibiting at shows such as Ann Arbor Art Festival in Michigan, Miami’s Coconut Grove Art Festival, and the Las Olas Museum Art Festival in Ft. Lauderdale. Today, the artist continues to show in international urban areas such as Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich and Tokyo.
The reason Fazzino's work caught my eye is his use of color. It's very bright and has a sort of coloring book feel, which relates to my work. He does a lot of pop culture references, and though some of it is quite cheesy, he uses some pop culture to create a framework for his work (a literal one, not a figurative contextual framework) such as the apple outline for one of his New York drawings. I especially felt inspired by the image he made of Israel that he created a frame for with news clippings about events in Israel. I like this idea of the image referencing the frame referencing the image. If I can make it work, I think I'd like to steal this idea (to use the lingo from my magazine class) and possibly incorporate hand-drawn frames that reference what's happening in the image and also creates a non-rectangular border. I think there's a possibility it will feel overworked and too much drawing (ruining some of the illusion) but I definitely want to give it a try.
Website:
http://www.fazzino.com
Gallery:
www.artexpos.com
Interview:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2327712/charles_fazzino_interview_with_a_pop_artist/
Charles Fazzino, world acclaimed American pop artist, has created his own unique mix of the art form. The seeds of his inspiration came from artistic family roots and from Manhattan, the city which fired his youthful imagination during his formative early childhood years. His young and fertile creative mind was captivated by giant picture books depicting life in late 20th Century urban America. 3-D movies and pop-up story books further sparked his imagination. His work depicts the remnants of childhood visions of yellow taxi cabs, the Statue of Liberty, storefronts decked with color, and the heart throb of life itself that is embodied in Manhattan.
As a youth, Charles would take advantage of every opportunity to ride the train into the city to absorb the color and excitement of the Village of Central Park. The late 1970's and early 1980's found him as a regular at the Washington Square Park Outdoor Art Festival in the Village. The diversity and strength of his work quickly escalated him to the National art circuit exhibiting at shows such as Ann Arbor Art Festival in Michigan, Miami’s Coconut Grove Art Festival, and the Las Olas Museum Art Festival in Ft. Lauderdale. Today, the artist continues to show in international urban areas such as Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich and Tokyo.
The reason Fazzino's work caught my eye is his use of color. It's very bright and has a sort of coloring book feel, which relates to my work. He does a lot of pop culture references, and though some of it is quite cheesy, he uses some pop culture to create a framework for his work (a literal one, not a figurative contextual framework) such as the apple outline for one of his New York drawings. I especially felt inspired by the image he made of Israel that he created a frame for with news clippings about events in Israel. I like this idea of the image referencing the frame referencing the image. If I can make it work, I think I'd like to steal this idea (to use the lingo from my magazine class) and possibly incorporate hand-drawn frames that reference what's happening in the image and also creates a non-rectangular border. I think there's a possibility it will feel overworked and too much drawing (ruining some of the illusion) but I definitely want to give it a try.
Website:
http://www.fazzino.com
Gallery:
www.artexpos.com
Interview:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2327712/charles_fazzino_interview_with_a_pop_artist/
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