So we have a strong familiarity with the figurative. From the colorful Roman affreschi to the dark madonnas of Caravaggio and Antonello da Messina, and more with Rembrandt, Goya, Renoir, Waterhouse, Klimt, Magritte, Tamara de Lempicka… from here we could easily move on to the Pin Up Art, to Warhol, Lichtenstein, Basquiat, til the present days of underground arts and Pop Surrealism. I strongly believe that he who loves Watteau and Fragonard, Lancret and Bouguereau could get a crush on Ray Caesar’s artwork, he who loves Renoir and Redon could easily appreciate the feel of Joe Sorren’s work. In the mystical sets of dark details of the 16th and 17th-century art, as the masterpieces of Bosch and Brueghel, the Aertsen’s “Macellaio,” the De Ries’s “The Tree of Life” and the Provost’s allegories, we could find the classical roots of the Mark Ryden’s “pop and pink” body of work. The “Creatrix” sprouts from Van Eyck e Schongauer madonnas, as “The Magic Circus” is a personal rendition of Miro’s “il Carnevale di Arlecchino.” (Hi Fructose interview to Alexandra Mazzanti)
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 13:30:01 +0000
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