Anzeri's idea of using coloured threads Maurizio Anzeri makes his portraits by sewing directly into found vintage photographs. His embroidered patterns garnish the figures like elaborate costumes, but also suggest a psychological aura, as if revealing the person’s thoughts or feelings.
En route to my Maurizio Anzeri (born 8 April , in Loano, Italy) is an Italian contemporary artist living and working in London. He works in a variety of media including sculpture, photography, drawing and traditional craft techniques.
Artist, Maurizio Anzeri takes vintage studio Anzeri refers to the subjects of his most recent series, which began in , as “totally anonymous, not stars.” In a recent conversation, he explains that his collection of portrait photographs was collected at flea markets “like any good obsessive” with no plan of how they might one day be used.
Obscured force. Maurizio Anzeri Here, Marking his first solo exhibition in Wales, Italian artist Maurizio Anzeri creates his own headline in the form of a lightbox installation over the entrance to Chapter; a sprawling sketch outlines the interior of a building where, around a corner, just visible, is a window onto the outside.
“Embroidery never seemed as In his landscapes, diagrammatic rays emanate from both the natural and built environment, suggesting unseen and mysterious phenomena. Anzeri’s deft handiwork turns vintage portraits and landscapes into surreal, psychologically charged images, while upending the conventions of traditional photography.
Anzeri is an Italian In the current spring/summer issue of Another Man stylist Robbie Spencer, photographer Richard Burbridge and artist Maurizio Anzeri collaborated for an explosive wardrobe colour story, fusing fashion and art.
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Maurizio Anzeri creates his portraits
London-based Italian artist Maurizio Anzeri is best known for his innovative take on portraiture, using brightly colored embroidery thread to create surreal, uncanny portraits from found vintage photographs. Lay it on the Line, presented in Haines Gallery’s project room, sees the artist turning his attention toward landscapes. This recent.