{"id":4112,"date":"2022-01-26T19:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T00:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artnsketch.com\/?p=4112"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:37:28","slug":"paul-rousso-what-do-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artnsketch.com\/paul-rousso-what-do-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rousso – What Do You Need to Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One boy is just about to turn seven, sitting in his chair, drawing himself on construction paper with his crayons as his teacher told him. He is drawing his eyes correctly with an actual iris and pupil by looking at his reflection in the mirror. Soon, his teacher comes and points out to him, saying we have an artist in the class. He will be taking it to heart and just never stop working on art.

That’s how a 21st-century visual artist and innovator, Paul Rousso, would be born!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Rousso was born in Charlotte, NC. Photo source: paulrousso.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If I had to choose three words to describe Paul Rousso, those words would be pop art<\/strong>, flat depth<\/strong>, and three-dimensional<\/strong> (or two-dimensional?<\/em>). Pop Art<\/strong><\/a> is okay, and we can picture 3D and 2D objects, but how about the flat depth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we will respond to this question and get to know Paul Rousso, the prodigious perfectionist, while discovering his life bustled with art. Care to join us? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAUL ROUSSO <\/strong>– THE ARCHITECT OF THE FLAT DEPTH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paul Rousso was born in Charlotte, NC, in 1958 and educated at the California College of the Arts<\/strong>.
He is a visual artist who focuses on ephemera and analog culture antiques that quickly disappear into the past. Nevertheless, Rousso asserted that the things around us would soon be antiquity, and some things had already started to be. He is willing to make them remember and show them to people who won’t be able to see them, who won’t have any clue about them. Therefore, he defined his art for his audience who has not yet been born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calling Him a Visual Artist Would Be Enough?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rousso is simply more than that. One day he came up with the idea while observing the great artworks. Before him, everything was flat; besides, pop artists also chose to keep up with this vision. But, on the contrary, he seemed with a new language to tell the world, and he seemed to make a significant change. For him, space and illusion are on one side, and the flat is on the other. Then he combined those worlds. Flat depth perception, the substantial balance, came to life like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Rousso is with his multi compositions<\/em> work in his studio. Photo source: paulrousso.com<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Merging into a Perfect Balance, Flat Depth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

He came to a unique idea in art school when he visited a seminal art show of pop art at the Berkeley Museum of Art with his friend. He saw all the seminal pop artists, namely, Jasper Johns<\/strong><\/a>, Warhol Lichtenstein<\/strong><\/a>, Claes Oldenburg<\/strong><\/a>. They stroke him. After the show, when he and his friend were talking, they realized the subject matter of most of the artwork was two-dimensional flat images. Then they asked how we could make pop art go further. When Rousso was 19, he came out with a flat-depth<\/strong> idea. After this, his art’s primary purpose would be adding an extra dimension to two-dimensional images. And, he undoubtedly accomplished it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A glance of Paul Rousso’s studio.<\/em> Photo source: paulrousso.com<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Throughout his entire professional career, Paul Rousso has been defining his flat depth concept as challenging modern art by rendering a flat object three-dimensional or vice versa<\/strong>. At the same time, flat depth can be defined as the unification of numerous intricate artistic techniques, together with painting, printing, sculpting, welding, chemistry, and digital printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAUL ROUSSO’S TECHNIQUE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, Paul Rousso chooses subjects to translate into his art. For instance, his subject could be paper, newspaper, comic books, money, candy wrappers, etc. He picks what he finds gorgeous or fabulous, and later, he basically combines them in great harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After choosing his subject, Rousso first scans, for example, the newspapers and, later, prints them out more than their actual size. And then, he preps the work with a UV inhibitor<\/em>. Then, he needs to paint the edges of the printouts to match colors from time to time. Finally, he heats, bends, and puts them together. And, his larger-than-life sculptures carry inevitable allure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAUL ROUSSO’S ART<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He simultaneously goes with abstraction and realism in terms of his art style, finding the perfect fellowship between them. Let’s experience this by starting a journey with his works!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candy Wrappers by Paul Rousso<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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PEANUT M&MS LARGER SIZE<\/strong>, Mixed Media On Hand Sculpted Acrylic, 27″ \u00d7 58″ (69cm \u00d7 147cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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THE SWEET LIFE IN THE LARGE SIZE<\/strong>,
Mixed Media On Hand Sculpted Polystyrene
72″ \u00d7 144″ \u00d7 10″ (183cm \u00d7 366cm \u00d7 25cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SWEET LIFE<\/strong>,
Mixed Media On Hand Sculpted Polystyrene
64″ \u00d7 60″ \u00d7 7″ (163cm \u00d7 152cm \u00d7 18cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Newspaper Works by Paul Rousso <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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NYT SUNDAY STYLES 11-6-16<\/strong>, Mixed Media On Hand Sculpted Polystyrene, 50″ \u00d7 60″ \u00d7 9″ (127cm \u00d7 152cm \u00d7 23cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NY TIMES 5-15-16 TRAVEL<\/strong>,
Mixed Media On Hand Sculpted Polystyrene,
47″ \u00d7 49″ \u00d7 8″ (119cm \u00d7 124cm \u00d7 20cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NYT ARTS & LEISURE 9-18-16<\/strong>,
Mixed Media On Hand Sculpted Polystyrene,
52″ \u00d7 67″ \u00d7 10″ (132cm \u00d7 170cm \u00d7 25cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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