Beloosesky Gallery is interested in purchasing signed artwork by James Rizzi.
Please call (917) 749-4557 or email us at info@beloosesky.com
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James Rizzi (born 1950) was a Pop Street Artist born in Brooklyn, New York and raised by a family with Irish and Italian roots.
James Rizzi went to the University of Florida (Gainesville) to study business, but quickly changed majors to fine art. It was there that he began experimenting with a style that incorporated three techniques, painting, printmaking and sculpture. His goal was to create artwork that was three-dimensional but not like free standing traditional sculpture. His intricate works consisted of carefully cut-out and attached elements, which created a rich, busy composition. His subject was most often New York City and his imagery projected his childlike imagination transforming the city itself into something wonderfully unique.
Rizzi came back to his hometown of New York for inspiration, and continued to develop his unique style begun in Gainesville. It was there that a chance meeting with an art collector would help bring Rizzi to notoriety. Rizzi was introduced to the collector’s son-in-law, which turned out to be the downtown artist Red Grooms. This introduction not only served as an entrance into the New York art world, but to endless comparisons to Groom’s own work.
The three-dimensionality gave James Rizzi's prints a sense of movement and playfulness. Looking at one of his creations is similar to Red Grooms, however it is much more akin to looking at one of the great 20th Century surrealists like Dali, Miro or Klee (self noted influences for the artist). Viewers are attracted to his eye catching colorful quirky works because they are dense with detail and reflect the energy and life of all the diversity and human variety that is typical of New York City.
Rizzi’s style defies a truly accurate comparison due to his unique process. His 3D works began with the artist sketching the scene, including all of the figures, cars, and buildings with their own jovial personalities. Upon finishing each dizzying sketch in ink the artist finalized the color coding, which was sent to his printer. The work then went into its final stage of collaging from multiple versions of prints that yielded the final three dimensional form.
While making his name as a street artist, James Rizzi settled in the Soho district of Manhattan in 1975, where he spent the rest of his life. At this point in his career he reached his audience by participating in outdoor art shows in Brooklyn Heights and Washington Square, and sold pictures outside the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rizzi’s celebrant artwork of New York during this period often featured specific landmarks and businesses of the time. Injecting these cultural landmarks of the downtown scene gave his work an extra layer of vibrancy and dynamism.
James Rizzi participated in numerous one-man and group shows worldwide. Some of the other highlights of his career included his 1976 participation in the exhibition "Thirty Years of American Printmaking” at the Brooklyn Museum. Among his many projects at the time was the creation of a limited edition Metrocard for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
In the early 80’s Rizzi designed the album cover artwork for the first album of the pop music band the Tom Tom Club and also created the animation for two of the bands music videos. In 1987, a Japanese television station produced a film about James Rizzi. He was the official artist for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He created a series of paintings of the opening ceremony that are now in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
There were a number of significant books published about James Rizzi throughout his career. In 1988, the first book about Rizzi was published: "James Rizzi - 3D Constructions". The second book about Rizzi was published in 1992 by Glenn O'Brien called "Rizzi". In 1996. an impressive monograph, "The New York Paintings", revealed Rizzi's passion for his native city. His last major book was in 2006 titled "James Rizzi. Artwork 1993-2006".
James Rizzi was a cheerful and highly sociable figure and frequently worked for children's and Aids charities. A real innovator, James Rizzi articulated through his art, the influences and emotions experienced by all who lived or visited Manhattan. His cityscapes reflected happy days and his trademark style is recognizable as any in the world.
He died in 2011.
TIMELINE
1974
Wohngalerie in Sullivan Street, SoHo, New York, NY
1976
Thirty Years of American Printmaking, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
1979
Designed the cover for the first album by Tom Tom Club
1980
Debut of music video by Tom Tom Club Pleasures of Lovefeaturing the artist's animated drawings
1987
Premier of TV movie Rizzi meets the Salsa, Japan
Designed the album cover for Funky Man by Dee Dee King
1988
Publication of a book on Rizzi’s art and life in the United States, James Rizzi, 3 D-Constructions
Publication of the book Rizzi
1993
Featured in an article in Max magazine, Germany
Designed of boxing jacket for European boxing champion Henry Maske
1994
Designed porcelain vase, container, and pitcher for Rosenthal
Entwirft Metrocard für New York City Metro
Designed phone card for Teleworld
Featured in article in ‘Kunsthandel’ Humorvolle Impressionen in 3 Dimensionen by M. M. Marks, Galerie am Dom
1995
Nomination as official artist of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA
Designed poster Rizzi meets Spitzweg, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Designed ashtray and graphics for Philipp Morris
1996
Commissioned to design airplane for the 40th anniversary of Condor
Featured in article in ‘Kunsthandel’ Ein Kunstwerk für den Himmel, by M. M. Marks, Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar, Germany
1997
Designed the poster and graphic for Montreux Jazz Festival
Designed the poster for New York Marathon, the graphic was sold out within 27 days
1998
Official artist of Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan
Official artist of Football World Cup in France, appointed by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)
1999
Painted VW Beetle
James Rizzi - Neue und seltene 3-D-Lithographien, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg
8 Jahre Galerie Mainz, Galerie Mainz, Berlin
James Rizzi - New York - Berlin, Art Galerie Richter, Berlin
Waydelich, de St. Phalle, Rizzi, Gerstein, Kühn, Galerie Kühn - Berlin, Berlin
2000
Künstler der Galerie, Art Galerie Richter, Berlin
9 Jahre Galerie Mainz, Galerie Mainz, Berlin
2001
James Rizzi - Unikate, 3D-Grafik, Objekte, Art Galerie Richter, Berlin
Die Vögel, Galerie Kühn - Berlin, Berlin
James Rizzi, Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar
2002
James Rizzi - 3-D-Konstruktionen und Unikate, Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar
2003
Sommerausstellung 2003 - 20 zeitgenössische Künstler, white8 Galerie Dagmar Aichholzer, Villach
Kunst an Wümme und Weser, Galerie Kühn - Lilienthal, Bremen
2005
My Kind of Town, Kunsthaus Schill, Stuttgart
2006
All you need is Love, Foxx Galerie, Zürich
All you need is Love, Art Galerie Elwert, Baden-Baden
Beloosesky Gallery is interested in purchasing 3D works or original paintings by James Rizzi.
Please call (917) 749-4577 or email us at info@beloosesky.com
A sampling of the Rizzi artwork titles Beloosesky Gallery is interested in purchasing:
40 Days and 40 Nights
4 Seasons
Adam’s Rib
A Day in the Life of the City
Alley Cats
Alligator Alley
A Lot of Fun for the City Kids
A Marathon for All
A Shore Thing
A Toast
Attitudes
Autumn
A Walk in the Park
Bad Times
Baseball Like It Ought To Be
Basketball
Basketball Jones
Bird’s Backyard
Birds on a Wire
Bon Voyage
Bottoms Up
Breakin’
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn's Coney Island
Cafe in Paris
Can't Destroy Freedom
Cathouse
Cat’s Meow
Circus
City by the Bay
City Kids
Coney Island
Crosstown Traffic
Crosswalk
Daddy's Country Club
Deja Vu
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Double Shift
Fishin’
Flamingo's
Florida Fantasies
Flower Pot Head
Flowers for My Girl
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Four Seasons
From Me to You
Girl Next Door
Glad Sad Mad Bad
Going There Getting There And Getting Home
Golf
Good Day
Good Kitty
Good Night Moon
Good Times
Good Wheels
Gridlock
Halloween in the U.S.A.
Help Yourself
Holiday on Ice
Hot Dog
Hot Time Summer in the City
Hound Dog
I Give You the Sun and the Moon
It Ain't East Getting Rich
It Ain't Over Till It's Over
It Happens Every Spring
It’s a Jungle Out There
It’s Me
It's Raining Cats, and Dogs
It’s So Hard to be a Saint in the City
It's the Altitude
It's Time to Buy a New TV
Jail Ain't Happy
Junk Yard Dogs
King
Kiss Kiss
Kong
Letting Off Steam
Liberty
Life on the Water
Living Near the Water
Look of Love
Love & Marriage
Lucky in Love
Lunch Break
Main Street
Me at My Show
Meat Me at the Club
Moo Moo Moo
Movin' On
Moving Up
My House
New Kid in Town
Nightclub
Night Fishin’
Night Out
Nothing Lasts Forever
Old Friend
Oncoming Traffic
On the Beach
On the Road Again
On the Town
On the Waterfront
One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor
One Man's Floor is Another Man's Ceiling
Once Upon a Time in the Land of Make Believe
Outgoing Traffic
Painting the Town
Pals
Par 4 the Course
Paradise
Party Time
Passion Fruit
Peek a Boo
People
Rainbow Regatta
Rolling on the River
Room with a View
Running Thru America
Seven Beauties
Sidewalk Café
Ski Weekend
Smell the Flowers
Somtimes It's the Sand
Space War
Spring
Summer
Summer and Winter Wonderland
Sun Daze
Sunset Live
Sunset Sail
Take Me to the River
Take the A Train to Harlem
Taxi
Team Photo
Tell Me It's Raining
Tennis
T.G.I.F.
That's Amore
The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree
The Beach
The Big Apple
The Brooklyn Bridge
The City That Never Sleeps
The Great American Pastime
The Harbor
The Kiss
The Neighborhood
The New Kid in Town
The Proud Valley
The Same Wind Blows Around the World
To Be a Kid Again
Traffic
Traffic + Noise
Trash Can School
Trick or Treat
Uptown, Downtown, Eastside, Westside
Up, Up and Away
Waiting on Line
Wall Flowers
Washington Ain't No Square Park
Watch Your Back
Water Under the Bridge
Welcome to the Big Apple
We Who Love the Big Apple
When the Circus Comes to Town
When Living is Easy
Which Way is UP
Wild and Crazy Dancing Buildings
Winter
Women Who Work Out
You Can't Destroy Freedom