Andrew Masullo
5264, 2010-2011, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
5274, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.
5234, 2009-2011, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
5342, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in.
5157, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in.
5295, 2010-2011, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 in.
5257, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 in.
5129, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 in.
4990, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 in.
4966, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in.
About the Artist
Born 1957 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Andrew Masullo’s hard-won paintings are notable for both their intimate scale and sophisticated use of color and form. Executed in oils, their “rightness” is derived from an intuitive, yet methodical adjustment of paintings’ most basic elements. In some cases, a painting can take years to complete, yet Masullo does not attempt to hide a given painting’s history, and prior adjustments and abandoned directions are often visible in a completed work.
Masullo’s unique pictorial vocabulary of geometric and organic forms suggest potential reference points, but his paintings are ultimately about their own creation, not external influences; their meaning is immanent, rather than transcendent. Since the early 1990s, Masullo’s stated aim has been to produce paintings that have “no preconceived ideas, no personal or outside references, no pictorial imagery, no words, no numbering systems, no theories, no agendas, and no gimmicks”.
Andrew Masullo at Feature Inc.
Andrew Masullo at Daniel Weinberg Gallery
Andrew Masullo at Steven Zevitas Gallery
posted by Carmelita Caruana
I really am amazed that andy got into art, he was very good at languages. I was the guy that drew a lot and never really got into art that much. Anyway, modern art is probably a good outlet for him because he seems to be centering on expression and the paintings are colorful. Not sure what the standards for moderm art are these days, but they most likely have their own audience and appeal to those that seek them. Its a living and something he can always do.