Marc Travanti
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Marc Travanti is an American contemporary artist. His practice includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and video.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Travanti was born in 1956 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and a MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder. He lives and works in New York and Wisconsin.[2]
Career[edit]
Travanti’s art often involves some sort of duality. He has connected images of cell towers and early 20th century American sculpture; African masks and corporate logos; naked human bodies and stock market charts; and portraits of the living with renowned portraits from the distant past.[3] His art has both abstract and associative connotations. Emblematic or totemic compositions are often used, particularly in his sculptural wall work.[4]
His art has been described as “modern artifacts; a combination of primal elements of simple organic shapes with a modern sensibility”.[5] It has also been called perversely playful.[6] His video work features cross-dissolves of his photographs and photocollages. Travanti's video entitled Entanglement,[7] “shows male and female figures twined around each other in ways that evoke tantric sex, wrestling, and the incarnations of Hindu deities".[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Robbins, Bill. "Body of Work". Kenoshanews.com. Kenosha News. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Fellowship, Artist. "Marc Travanti Biography". Racine Art Museum. Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Fellowship, Artist. "Marc Travanti". Racine Art Museum. Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Brendan, Michael (24 February 199). "Sculptors Using the Wall as Venue and Inspiration". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Elmore, John (28 February 1989). "Of Primal Importance: Travanti's modern artifacts". The Vermont Cynic.
- ^ Decter, Joshua. "Fluxattitudes, at New Museum of Contemporary Art". Artforum.com. Artforum.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (23 October 1992). "Review/Art; Three Shows Celebrate the Spirit of Fluxus". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Neyenesch, Cassandra (4 April 2008). "Enantiomorphic Chamber". Brooklynrail.org. The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
- Living people
- 21st-century American photographers
- People from Kenosha, Wisconsin
- 20th-century American photographers
- Photographers from New York City
- Photographers from Wisconsin
- 20th-century American painters
- 21st-century American painters
- American male painters
- Painters from Wisconsin
- American contemporary painters
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 21st-century American sculptors
- American male sculptors
- Sculptors from Wisconsin
- American video artists
- University of Wisconsin–Whitewater alumni
- University of Colorado Boulder alumni