Maurizo Anzeri is an Italian artist that lives and works in
London. He received his BA and MFA
at The Slade School of Art. He is
currently showing his work in London even though he shows internationally
often.
His most recent body of work is as he likes to call it
“photo-sculpture”. He prefers to
describe his portraits this way.
The reason he puts his work in this category is because of how he
manipulates the photograph. His
work is very unique he often works with other artists to get exactly the look he
wants. At first his pieces were
vintage photographs that had been found by him at flea markets and other
places. He then embroiders on top
of the photo to give it a three-dimentional element to it. He looks at a photograph and is more
interested in it being a material or object than a process. Capturing a moment on paper is magic
and by embroidering on top of it he is trapping that moment even more on to the
paper. While embroidering he trys
never to cover the face completely and will always leave at least one eye
open. This thread is to show the
mask that is inside of you that seems to grow out.
Anzeri finished a new body of work that is called Dazed and
Confused. He worked with a
photographer and a stylist to get the exact portrait that he could work
on. I think this artist is so
interesting and shows something new with an old technique.
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