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Joe Grillo
We live in the age of images.
An increasing share of humanity's living spaces has been created, coloured, and shaped by ourselves.
Joe Grillo is an American artist working at the heart of today’s visual flow. "More of everything" seems to be the motto of his vibrant universe. Inspiration from advertising, pop art, and graffiti sits alongside influences from experimental electronic music, art history, and video games.
Born in 1980, Joe Grillo grew up in Virginia Beach, a tourist town on the Atlantic coast with miles of beaches, souvenir shops, discos, and surf centres. Early on, together with childhood friends, he formed a creative artist group called Dearraindrop. Their primary motivation was to explore their own paths and modes of expression. They aimed to work collectively in an individualistic era, to transcend genre boundaries, and to move freely within the structures of both society and the art world. While the group still works together, they now also pursue their individual artistic practices.
For this exhibition, Joe Grillo has created a three-dimensional collage that literally invites us to step into the artwork as a whole. Using his own images and sculptures as building blocks, he combines earlier works with entirely new creations.
Pictures from the exhibition
