Vincenzo Bizzarri

Escape During a Party- Illustration by Vincenzo Bizzarri -2015

2015

This work entitled "The summoned devil" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was done by Vincenzo Bizzarri in 2015...

This work entitled "Beaumarchais speaks about Bastille" is a comic board belonging to the graphic novel published by Glènat Edition in 2019 "1789 - La mort d'un monde". The work was ...

This work entitled "Party at the court of Pope Paul III" is a board of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The ...

This work entitled "Without inspiration" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was done by Vincenzo Bizzarri in 201...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 12.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "Man in prison with two jailers" - Book illustration.

Untitled, 1996 by Celso Castro Pencil on archival paper Image size: 39 H in. x 48 in. W Sheet size: 43 H in. x 59 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s w...

-ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an Everyman who is at odds with society and his self. Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid. This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light. -BIO- Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...

An everyday situation, from our memory, from the memory of childhood in a non-place, that is to say, an enigmatic ephemeral place, a space that is delimited and that grows, that mult...