Paul Rusconi

Paul Rusconi (born 1965, California)http://www2.nysun.com/arts/phillips-sales-total-tops-11-million/76617/ is an American contemporary artist who achieved his notoriety through his monochromatic photographs.

Life and work

"Lucas Samaras"(2007), digital screening with monochromatic photographs. Los Angeles, California. The painting's subject is fellow artist Lucas Samaras. No Way Out (2007), digital screening with monochromatic photographs. Los Angeles, California. features an image of Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes from a magazine cover. The solid vibrant blue background reflects the shadow of the silkscreen. Tyra (2007), digital screening with monochromatic photographs. Los Angeles, California. A contemporary glamour portrait featuring a vignette of model Tyra Banks. Closely observing the surface, one can see that it is composed of a square diagonal pattern that recalls the benday dots of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Paul Rusconi was born in California. He studied at Pepperdine University and is now a contemporary artist living and working in Los Angeles. Rusconi combines a digital screening process with monochromatic photographs to create his works. The shadow image on the photograph is a simple projection through the Plexiglas. There is no image on the actual photograph until one is projected on it by the digital screen. Rusconi references images that our society has become inundated with such as recycled celebrity images and paparazzi photography. Within these images, he explores themes of personal projection. Untitled (No Way Out) features an image of Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes from a magazine cover. The solid vibrant blue background reflects the shadow of the silkscreenhttp://www.freeartsnyc.org/benefit08/catalog/rusconi.asp. Untitled (Tyra) is a contemporary glamour portrait featuring a vignette of model Tyra Banks. Closely observing the surface, one can see that it is composed of a square diagonal pattern that recalls the benday dots of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Works by Rusconi are included in the collections of numerous private homes and public art institutions, including The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, the Weisman Museum at Pepperdine, Malibu, the Carnegie Art Museum and the Castilla Foundation, Madrid.

Rusconi is a contemporary artist living and working in Los Angeles, California.

Some of his subjects

• Agnes Martin
• Ed Ruscha
• Louise Bourgeois
• Lucas Samaras
• Ryan Sheckler
• Cory Dufel
• Chad Muska
• John Cardiel
• Marc Johnson
• Mary-Kate Olsen
• Ashley Olsen
• kate Moss
• Lindsay Lohan
• Katie Holmes

References

External links

• Artcyclopedia list of Rusconi works viewable online
• Rusconi Auction Items
• Rusconi Benefit Auction
• Rusconi New York Sun Article

Category: Contemporary artists Category: Postmodern artists Category: American photographers Category: American artists Category: 1965 births Category: Living people

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