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Artist Statement:
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cart2gonow@nyc.rr.com
Located in the Sunset Park/Bay
Ridge section of Brooklyn NY
USA. My studio is in the heart
of Sunset Park. Now NYC's 3rd
fastest growing ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
ALTERED STATE? CARLO GRASSINI
Exhibiting two works at this
juried
Group Show - Opening Reception
Saturday-January 14, 2012
4-7pm
ARTSPACE Gallery 18 N 7th
Street
Stroudsburg, PA Sponsored by
ThePoconoArtsCouncil
Exhibition closes Feb 26th.
Visual AIDS 14th Annual
Benefit Sale
"Postcards from the Edge"
Preview Party January 6, 2012
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
THE ARTPOINT
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009
BWAC's "THE COLOR OF HOPE":
WHAT AN ART SHOW SHOULD BE
Carlo Grassinis potent
abstractions (see Brain Trust
and Casbah) are almost jazz
pieces color and form
dancing with a musical sense
of composition and graphic
play that keep your eye
continually ...
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Collections:
Grassini Art Works are in many
private collections in the
USA....
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Carlo Grassini Biography:
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
not provided |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Drawing, piano, saxophone (tenor and alto), photography, tv, walking, ocean swimming, biking, internet surfing, collecting junk, discarding junk, thinking about fishing, travel, music (performing and listening), radio, cd collecting, vinyl collecting, ceramics, looking at ART, collecting sea shells, Museum visits, planting tomatoes, picking figs, apples and peaches, cooking, making my own frames, looking for a nice walking stick, piling heavy rocks and boulders and watching them fall into piles and starting again, surfing the internet, mixing a vodka or gin martini (2olives), breathing fresh air, looking a people, shopping for art supplies, writing to a friend, blowing out birthday candles, praying people would stop killing one another and that there would finally be peace on EARTH. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Umbrian School - (1500 - 1650)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Alberto Giacometti
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Sistine Chapel
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
SHE is |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Excellent question I'm beginning to believe one is born to create beauty, fine art, music, literature, dance, poetry, architecture, bridges, roads, fine foods, stitchery, weaving, bookbinding, fine design, handwriting, machinery, in other words work with your mind and hands you will discovery the human potential. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
CARLO GRASSINI
Brooklyn, New York 11220-2809
Email: cart2gonow@nyc.rr.com
www.absolutearts.com/grassini
Biographical Note
Born in Philadelphia, PA with his early years spent in 'South Philly' and Upper Darby, PA. 1957-60 Monsignor Bonner HS, Drexel Hill, PA.
BFA 1964 from the Philadelphia College of Art, now known as the University of the Arts.
In that same year moved to New York City and worked at the Pratt Adlib Press as a instructor and printmaker with the Master Printer James Lanier.
In 1966 first solo exhibition of paintings at the Pratt Institute Library Gallery.
Inspired by Hugh Wiley, Albert Gold, Carl Holty, George McNeil, Jacquline Clipsham, Philip Pearlstein, Sidney Goodman, Vasilius Toulis, Gabriel Laderman, Jimmy Ernst and the Rocky Road of Life. 1971 received an MFA from Brooklyn College.
Between 1968 and 1981 he was painting, drawing and producing my first collages, while living on the Rockaway Peninsula, Queens, New York.
In 1983 traveled through China where he visited the tomb excavations of Qin Shi Huang Di at Xi'an.
This stay included three provinces and five cities throughout China and Hong Kong.
Since 1985 he has a studio and lives with his wife and daughter in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Many art works in private collections.
Leonetta Rossiello Ventnor, NJ & Broomall, PA
Richard and Linda Peskin Jericho, NY
Bernice Levinsky Honolulu, Hawaii
Saul Edelstein, PC Brooklyn, NY
Monsignor Bonner, A.H.S. Drexel Hill, PA
William and Mary Thomas Morgantown, West Virginia
Marjorie and Henry Sautner, Neponsit, NY
Robert and Janet Rossiello - Bromall, Pennsylvania
Karen Cohen Amagansett, NY
Mr and Mrs Jay Barsky Bala Cynwood, PA
Gerald Haber and Linda Chong-Haber Atlantic Beach, NY
Robert Civello New York, NY
Jay Wolf New York, NY
Dr and Mrs Robert P Kaminsky Santa Fe, New Mexico
L A Grassini, PC Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Carmella and Joseph 'Chipper' Tuluto Media, PA
Guido Y Malafiata Drexel Hill, PA
Susan Lew Lee Brooklyn, NY
William and Idaline Rosen Boca Raton, Florida
Norman Goldsmith, Esq and Linda Goldsmith New York, NY
Dr Neils Lauersen New York, New York
Arthur Deutch Boca Raton, Florida
Jerry and Fran Kapner Montclair New Jersey
Dr Hubert and Dr Priscilla Geahigan West Lafayette, Indiana
Dr Monroe and Linda Adams Mount Clemens, Michigan
Maria DeFino Jersey City, NY
Paula Lee and Victor Perez Queens, NY
Tracy Lambros Columbia, Maryland
Donna Faranda and Jan Novick Dobbs Ferry, NY
Arthur Brody Short Hills, NJ
Michael Basile Brooklyn, NY
Estelle Levy New York, NY
Ruth Hornbein & Steve Barrada Brooklyn, NY
Eliot & Jane Liebowitz, Staten Island, NY & Boca Raton, FL
Kerry & Donna Hom Yackoboski Ottawa, Ontario
Ned & Rita Brody New York, NY
Jeffery & Carol Lin Middletown, NJ
John Strohbeen Brooklyn, NY
Jay Weissman Morganville, NJ
Sandra Calemine Brooklyn, NY
Samuel & Corinne M. Grassini Miami Beach, FL
Matt Levy Brooklyn, NY
Mike Florio Broad Channel, NY
Mukund R Patel, M.D., F.A.C.S. Brooklyn, NY
Dr Monroe and Linda Adams Mount Clemens, MI
Rebecca Cooper New York, NY
Richard J Chalmers III Port Chester, NY
Scott Stubbs Brooklyn, NY
David Rosenthal Brooklyn, NY
Beverly Montgomery Philadelphia, PA
Neal Feldman Brooklyn, NY
Wayne and Cheryl Lehrhaupt New York, NY
Tina Olsen Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Liz Longo Brooklyn, NY
Robert Salm Chicago, Illinois
Lorna Simpson and James Casebere Brooklyn, NY
Niesha White Brooklyn, NY
Larry Aubol Madison, WI
Duane Kingman New York, NY
Tannesha Carney Brooklyn, NY
Janet Scherer Brooklyn, NY |
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