Maurizio Anseri was born in 1969, Loano, Italy. Born in Loiano, Italy in 1969, Maurizio Anzeri studied Sculpture and Graphic Design at the Camberwell College of Fine Arts. Right now, he lives and works in London, England
Anseri uses found photographs and embroidery skills to create subtly sculptural pieces in which strangers are given new identities. This adds to the mystery and complex to his work.
He sees photographic portraits and landscapes, exploring them in order to layer then with his own maps or orientation to invent what he describes as ‘other possible evolutionary dimensions for the people pictured.’
Some examples of his work;
Anzeri’s interest in sculptural form, the body and identity, gender and psychological boundaries also extend …show more content…
I chose the image because the photo caught my eye because I found the contrast between the black and white photo and the mix between dark and light embroidery thread very interesting. The photo is of a woman, with her hair tied back, wrapped up in what seems to be a scarf. She’s looking downwards, toward her right.
The picture is set in a studio, as there isn’t a background behind her, or anything behind her at all, which makes me guess that it’s a studio. It’s hard to tell if there’s a light source, but the top part of her hair looks lighter than the rest of her hair, so the light must be coming from the top left.
There isn’t any colour in the photo, but the thread Anzeri has used are greens, pinks, whites and some reds. The thread colours are a mix of cold and warm as the pinks and reds are warm but the blues are cold. This gives the image a melancholy feel to it. I would say there is a perspective as Anzeri’s idea behind the image was to make a two-dimensional photo appear as if it was actually a three-dimensional photograph. The coloured thread makes the woman’s face more protruding, especially around the eyes where the black dotted thread is outlining the bottom of her
Anseri uses found photographs and embroidery skills to create subtly sculptural pieces in which strangers are given new identities. This adds to the mystery and complex to his work.
He sees photographic portraits and landscapes, exploring them in order to layer then with his own maps or orientation to invent what he describes as ‘other possible evolutionary dimensions for the people pictured.’
Some examples of his work;
Anzeri’s interest in sculptural form, the body and identity, gender and psychological boundaries also extend …show more content…
I chose the image because the photo caught my eye because I found the contrast between the black and white photo and the mix between dark and light embroidery thread very interesting. The photo is of a woman, with her hair tied back, wrapped up in what seems to be a scarf. She’s looking downwards, toward her right.
The picture is set in a studio, as there isn’t a background behind her, or anything behind her at all, which makes me guess that it’s a studio. It’s hard to tell if there’s a light source, but the top part of her hair looks lighter than the rest of her hair, so the light must be coming from the top left.
There isn’t any colour in the photo, but the thread Anzeri has used are greens, pinks, whites and some reds. The thread colours are a mix of cold and warm as the pinks and reds are warm but the blues are cold. This gives the image a melancholy feel to it. I would say there is a perspective as Anzeri’s idea behind the image was to make a two-dimensional photo appear as if it was actually a three-dimensional photograph. The coloured thread makes the woman’s face more protruding, especially around the eyes where the black dotted thread is outlining the bottom of her