Category: artist profiles

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  • Artist Profiles: William Basso

    William Basso graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Parsons School of Design in New York. He worked in the special effects field for a while, and has contributed to such films as Edward Scissorhands, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Interview with the Vampire and more. He has recently been focusing on his own art projects, one show that he was able to have some of his personal work was in Travis Louie’s “Monster” show that took place at Copro Nason Gallery just a bit back.

    He definitely has a unique style. Most of his work seems to be college, printed images and then they are arranged in a layered way. Acrylic paint is then added to the topmost layer. The images online don’t quite show how dynamic these paintings look. There was one image I found on Flickr that did give a better idea of how these works look Here

    He will have some work to show in the upcoming “October Shadows” that will take place at the Gallery Nucleus. Until then head on over to his homepage for more art. Willaim Basso Homepage

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  • Artist Profiles: Sam Jinks

    As opposed to the “Art of the Day” section, the new “Artists Profiles” category will be more of an introduction or a small feature of sorts.
    So the first artist for this new area is Australian sculptor, Sam Jinks. His work is amazingly realistic, and at first glance is very reminiscent of Ron Mueck. Without being able to see these works in person and just judging them on pictures alone, it does look as though Sam has been more successful at making the surface areas of the sculptures look more like real skin than others have. I like that on a few of the pieces he has decided to add tattoo work as an element.

    One of the sculptures entitled “Doghead”, reminds me a bit of Tom Neely’s wolfhead series. Not like it would ever happen, but I think it would be great if those two artists did a collaboration piece.

    Head on over to Sam’s website to see more work: Sam Jinks Homepage

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