Diego Gravinese’s Paintings
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‘In Jessicaland’ (for J. Trosman) Oil on canvas, 150 X 180 cms., 2006
Just came across a talented painter who goes by the name of Nekomomix, but is also known as Diego Gravinese from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work explores the juxtaposition of vibrant and photo realistic figurative imagery with a variety of pop elements: these might include cartoons, book illustrations, maps and a plethora of other images borrowed from both personal and public realms. These elements sometimes crossover in subtle ways, thus bridging the gap between figurative and cultural elements of the paintings. Gravinese’s use of light and color gives the paintings an atmospheric quality, in a style both painterly and so refined….
Enjoy more of Diego Gravinese’s work on his Flickr gallery. A few more samples follow the jump.
‘My own Ophelia’, oil and acrylic on canvas, 1 X 2 mts. 2000
‘My favorite thoughts’, acrylic & oil on canvas 170 X 180 cms
‘Toshiba’, Acrylic on canvas, 1 X 1,20 mts (private collection)
blurred girl - 2007 - inprogress
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November 12th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
the technical skill exhibited is AMAZING. i had to look twice to believe the left side of “in jessicaland” is a painting. photo-realism at its finest. the added geometric design elements flatten the images. the color pallette takes me back to the 70’s. maybe even hints a little towards advertisement. it seems like the artist puts a lot of energy into making the figures appear realistic, and in round two…flattens that reality. interesting.
February 10th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
[…] including an 10′ high Gregory Hawthorne mild steel “Totem” sculpture, a Diego Gravinese diptych amusingly entitled “The Day Michelle Yeoh Saved My Life (and Pichu was […]