- James Rizzi
James Rizzi (October, 1950) is an American
pop art ist who was born and raised inBrooklyn ,New York . He currently resides and works in a studio/loft in theSoHo section ofManhattan .Education and Technique
James Rizzi studied Fine Arts at the
University of Florida atGainesville, Florida . He came up with the idea of 3D multiples now mostly associated with his name when, having taken classes in painting, printmaking and sculpturing, he had to hand in grade work for all three subjects, but only had time for doing one. So he created an etching, printed it twice, handcolored it, and mounted parts of the one print on top of the other, using wire as a means of adding depth. Having received good grades from all three teachers, he stuck with the idea and developed it further.Artist Bio
Style
Rizzi is most famous for his 3D artwork, "especially the large, elaborate prints and teeming anthropomorphic cityscapes. His merry maximalism and delight in delirious detail and elaborate minutiae created a true art brand, a trademark style as recognizable as any in the world". Recently, he has also returned to painting. His "latest paintings combine his Picasso meets Hanna-Barbera drawing style with an increasingly chromatic palette and a complex graphic structure that simultaneously evokes cubism and the most sophisticated Amerindian friezes." (Quotes from Glenn O'Brien, Foreword to "James Rizzi", 2006, with kind permission of the publisher).
Charity Projects
* [http://www.uff.ufl.edu/Scholarships/ScholarshipInfo.asp?ScholarshipFund=006579 James J. Rizzi Scholarship Fund] - The James J. Rizzi Scholarship Fund for the School of Art at the University of Florida.
* [http://www.rtl.de/spendenmarathon RTL Spendenmarathon] - Design of logo for German television children's charity.
* [http://www.swr.de/herzenssache SWR Herzenssache] - Donation of artwork for German radio children's charity.
* [http://www.gone-with-the-wind-charity.de Gone with the wind Charity] - Donation of a complete edition of artwork to the GermanLions Club Krefeld Rheintor.
* [http://www.petermaffay.de/begegnungen Peter Maffay: Encounters - an alliance for children] - Cooperation withPeter Maffay for his children's charity "Encounters" and the Lakota [http://www.lakhota.eu] Circle School inSouth Dakota .External links
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* [http://www.james-rizzi.com www.james-rizzi.com] - Official Homepage of James RizziBooks
* James Rizzi: "New York." Prestel 1996, ISBN 3-7913-1644-3
* James Rizzi, Peter Bührer: "Mein New York Kochbuch." Hahn 1997, ISBN 3-87287-432-2
* James Rizzi, Peter Bührer: "American Cookies and more." Südwest 2000, ISBN 3-517-06323-1
* James Rizzi, Glenn O`Brien: "James Rizzi. Artwork 1993-2006", Art28 2006, ISBN 3-9811238-0-8
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