| La
Luz de Jesus Gallery is extremely pleased to welcome back favorite artist,
The Pizz. Self-taught, self-employed, and self-destructive, Pizz took
a self-imposed break from painting during which he explored other media,
such as magazine illustration, TV commercial design work, and computer
animation. The break has done him good - the new crop of acrylics are
his best work so far, presenting a quantum leap in form, style, and structure.
Heightened color; torqued-into-overdrive radical perspective; density
of imagery and twisting narrative distinguishes each piece from the other
in style, subject matter, and delivery. Avoiding the E-Z marketing schemes
of many of his artistic brethren, The Pizz stays true to his underground
roots and uses the medium of painting as a forum to launch into his diatribes,
rants, and dissertations against various perceived evils, sacred cows,
and questionable institutions. Fitting into no easily pigeon-holed category
except the obviously self-referential "Pizz Paintings", this show promises
to be an eye-opener, as well as an old-school reunion of the Prodigal
Son and his alma mater, La Luz de Jesus. |
