Monday, January 9, 2012

Maurizio Anzeri; MakeUp Art or Embroidered Portraits

 Maurizio Anzeri makes his portraits by sewing directly into found vintage photographs. His embroidered patterns garnish the figures like elaborate costumes. The antique appearance of the photographs is often at odds with the sharp lines and silky shimmer of the threads. Obscuring part of the photograph, Anzeri both hides and enhances certain features of the face. His precise juxtapositions transform the discard image, giving his portraits a disquieting and psychological presence.

"I see portraits as landscapes. And I explore them in order to layer them with my own maps of orientation. I have always been fascinated by Darwin's ideas of evolution. With my embroidery I invent other possible evolutionary dimension for the people pictured. I re-invent them and enmesh them into new forms of visual kinship, another way to capture reality."
~~ Maurizio Anzeri


Maurizio Anzeri was born in 1969 Loano, Italy. He lives and works in London. His embroidered portraits are currently on exhibit at A Palazzo Gallery until March 11, 2012.


Twins
© Maurizio Anzeri

Arianna
© Maurizio Anzeri

Ben
© Maurizio Anzeri

Boo
© Maurizio Anzeri

Dora
© Maurizio Anzeri

Jerome
© Maurizio Anzeri

Pierre
© Maurizio Anzeri

Veronica
© Maurizio Anzeri

Victoire
© Maurizio Anzeri



MakeUp
December 15, 2011 - March 11, 2012
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1 comment:

  1. Thank you for sharing these and I appreciate it so much. Especially about the this photo's

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