Dan Rizzo-Orr:
IGF
(IT’S GREAT FUN)
(IN GOOD FAITH)
(I GOT FIRED)
September 13 – October 11, 2015
Reception for the Artist
Sunday, September 13, 4:00 – 7:00 P.M
Dan Rizzo-Orr’s painterly compositions are visually demanding and require much time to apprehend the layers of embedded visual information. His compositions of the human figure feature a dark palette, scribbled and exacting mark-making, and overlapping forms that both clarify and redirect playful, classical, and abstract imagery to the sentimental.
Rizzo-Orr’s work parallels how our use of common language, standard and invented, conjures fluid and multiple representations. IGF is great fun, in good faith, and I got fired.
Dan Rizzo-Orr is a Chicago-based artist. He was born in Phoenix, AZ and holds a BFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His recent exhibitions include Heaven Gallery (Chicago) and Silent Funny (Chicago).
IGF, installation view.
IGF, installation view.
It could be easier together, 2015, 38 x 60 inches, acrylic on cotton. Tile stand, wood and ceramic tiles.
It could be easier together, 2015, 38 x 60 inches, acrylic on cotton. Tile stand, wood and ceramic tiles.
A mirrored window, 2015, 56 x 72 inches, acrylic
A mirrored window, 2015, 56 x 72 inches, acrylic
Blue crossover, 2015, 56 x 72 inches, acrylic on cotton.
Blue crossover, 2015, 56 x 72 inches, acrylic
Himself being here, 2015, 38 x 60 inches, acrylic on cotton. Tile stand, wood and ceramic tiles.
Himself being here, 2015, 38 x 60 inches, acrylic on cotton. Tile stand, wood and ceramic tiles.