The Paintings Of Bruce Piermarini Are Highly Illusionistic

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The Paintings Of Bruce Piermarini Are Highly
Illusionistic
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Bruce Piermarini follows the tradition of
lyrical, large scale, abstract painting which was
introduced by Jackson Pollock, the Abstract
Expressionists, and the Color Field painters. His
key influence has always been Morris Louis
because just like Louis, he loves heroic scale,
and explores the expressive possibilities of
pouring paint. Since the time of Louis, such
possibilities have been widely expanded by the
new, water based, acrylic medium. Bruce is one of
the pioneers who have been working with the new
acrylics.
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The pourings of Bruce Piermarini create
squirming, looping, organic forms set against a
distinct, but also flowing, background. His
pictures are highly illusionistic, showing
modeling, foreshortening and dizzying spaces. His
every painting is a gorgeously orchestrated,
perfectly improvisational, yet completely
natural. Each is free yet precise, commanding yet
exquisitely detailed. His latest paintings are
perhaps the most amazing pieces. They are surely
his most articulated and refined. Basically, he
has added European Surrealism, mainly the
hallucinatory, painting of Salvatore Dali, to his
stock, and he has done this without suspending
his quest for Louis and Pollock. The most
stunning feature of his new paintings is their
astonishing virtuosity. He has made his mastery
unquestionable.
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For a brief moment, Bruce Piermarini has given up
his love for three dimensions that had prompted
him to collage big chunks of foam onto the
surfaces of his pictures. These burst out at the
viewer and into the room. These new pictures draw
the viewers in as much as it push them back. But
they still retain Piermarinis all out, go for
broke expressionism, they offer that same
obsessiveness, and the same devilish energy.
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Thank You Bruce Piermarini