Paul Santoleri
Philadelphia, PA
Paul Santoleri
http://www.paulsantoleri.com
Bramble is about the way we live. Santoleri believes we must find a balance between our existence and the natural world, both within and without. These tiles are images from observation of the nature on his walks back and forth to the Kohler factory in Wisconsin, where he made this piece.
The lines in Bramble are lines of a path, in every direction, the color is simple: black-and-white, like words in a book, something you can read. In lines, we get lost and maybe found at the same time.
There is order within the squares: the pattern of the tiles, but there is a frenzy on the surface, there is a wildness about our nature, something we are inclined to subvert but it does come to the surface. The line takes us down a path, of life, takes us down a path in the woods, takes us down into the depths of our understanding, existence, direction, chance, change.
Fast Facts
Name: Paul DiFuria Santoleri
Website: www.paulsantoleri.com
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education:
1987 B.F.A. (Painting) – Tyler School of Art, Temple University
1991, M.F.A. – University of Arizona
Significant or special training:
1990~ FRESCO Assistantship – Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
1992 (patina, finishing) – Artworks Foundry
Notable or memorable instructors or mentors:
Robert Colescott
Stephen deStaebler
Peter Gourfain
Richard Cramer
Particular field of study or class work:
Painting
Sculpture
Mosaic
Major influences/admired artists:
Jean DuBuffet
George Herriman
Oyvind Fahlstrom
Marcel Duchamp
Sandro Botticelli
Heironymus Bosch
Brian Eno
Olafur Eliasson
James Turrell
Ai Weiwei
Claus Oldenburg
Favorite materials or media:
Fresco
Ink
Ceramic
Mosaic
Concrete
Glass
Acrylic
Gouache color
Gallery Representation (when Convention Center acquired artwork):
Galerie Ligne13 – Paris, France
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