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Dennis DiAdezzi
USA / Painter


In 1912, Wassily Kandinsky wrote, “Consciously or unconsciously, artists turn gradually toward an emphasis on their materials, examining them spiritually, weighing in the balance the inner worth of those elements out of which their art is best suited to create.” “The artist must not forget, while learning this, that each one of his materials conceals within itself the way in which it should be used, and it is this application that the artist must discover.

The art that DiAddezzio creates is a magical symphony of intuition that marries art and technology. Both disciplines are used to create the images but one cannot work without the other. First the abstract matrix must be created and only letting go of the material world allows this to happen. Once this has happened the result is art that is capable of standing alone on its own. The artist takes his creation and marries it with technology to give it a sense of being in the representative world yet it contains only abstract geometrical shapes and forms. Some of his mixed media images contain one or more of his original works, a collage of original art used to create emotional response from the viewer. It has been described as a language where no vocabulary is necessary and the artist does not dispute this statement. Competition jury’s have said it is the perfect use of elements, never too much, always just enough, images that need to be experienced more than understood. Although the process has many steps and is very time consuming, DiAddezzio has said that it is effortless and when the final image is ready, it is given to a Qoro, LLC who is the only company in the world that can take his mixed media images and put them on canvas using acrylic paints. The artist takes these canvases and then takes them to yet another level with brush and paints to create more texturing and lighting effects. This multi level approach takes time and patience but in the end the artist sees these creations as part of himself, so time is irrelevant.

His original works hangs next to Warhol originals and Peter Max originals in the homes of collectors. You can find his original paintings hanging in business offices. His work is collected in Europe and the US. He has won international art competitions and created posters for international festivals, he has been the subject of editorials and his work has been used to illustrate the influence of digital enhancement in art. His work has been part of museum exhibits and used as cover art on magazines. His style is unique and after viewing only a few of his pieces it is easily recognizable. It has taken the artist 20 years to perfect the style and it is still a constant evolving process. Always experimenting with paints and other new texturing materials being introduced. To date the artists body of work contains over 300 original illustrations and paintings and over 400 mixed media works. After observing the artist create an original work, an observer of the process said it was like he was putting together a puzzle he had never seen but knew exactly where each piece went.

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Mystical, cryptic, enigmatic. DiAdezzi's large scale, severely symmetrical paintings have a universal appeal. Logical order and harmony coupled with vibrant color keep the eye fixed on these mandala-like images, not to extract meaning, but to revel in the balance and unity they offer. Smaller scale original versions are also available from his website.
 


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