Sculptures: Digital Art & Illustrations: | Name: Joseph Grazi Art Movement: Contemporary Art Born: 1983 in New York Main Medium: Sculpture, Digital Art Artist Quote: "I grew up drawing constantly. I struggled a lot as a child and drawing seemed to keep me sane and more importantly occupied and out of trouble. The more I drew, the better I got and I kind of just kept going. I never planned or decided to become a career artist, it kind of just happened." About the Artist: Graduated with a Bachelor's of Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2006. Grazi is driven by the arts, but his art is focused on science. The artist with the biggest influence on his imagination is Steven Spielberg. [Source] About the Artwork: Grazi utilizes a wide variety of media such as taxidermic animals, acrylics, wood and other materials, compositionally designed to neutralize fear through order and arrangement. Animal and human skulls, bones and taxidermic bats are only some of the elements that, when put together, can trigger fright and relief at the same time. His goal is to alleviate the most ancient fears through acknowledgment of individual power and control in the hope that such acknowledgment can lead to a better understanding of our place in the natural world. [Source] "Taxidermy is my favorite medium because it’s so real. As much as I love painting and drawing, the experiences don’t really compare to the literalness of the work you can create with taxidermy. A drawing or painting of a bat, no matter how realistic, will never have for me the same emotions that an actual bat can convey." |
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