Artist Research
Fabian Marcaccio
‘Portrait’
30″x24″x4″
2020-2022
Silicone, Oil paint, 3D printed polyurethane
‘Reabsorber affection’
31″x24″x5″
2021-2022
Silicone, Oil paint, 3D printed polyurethane
‘Crowd’
96″x24″x5″
2019-2021
Alkyd paint*, Silicone, Plastic
*Heavier duty paint, with qualities of house/cabinet paint and oil paint
Artist Research : Fabian Marcaccio
•Born in Argentina in 1963
•No formal education
•Currently living and working in New York
Marcaccio’s work first came into the public eye was during the 90s, mainly for his rough ways of working and distorting his canvas. He nicknamed his creations, ‘Paintants’ as a mix of ‘mutant’ and ‘paintings’ as he blurred the line between sculpture and flat paintings. Some of these ‘paintants’ are pictured below,
His work began questioning and pushing the lines and boundaries that lay between sculpture and painting. In this period he pushed his canvases to the limit. Pulling, stretching, breaking, snapping was all on the table and added a wild touch to his generally abstracted and colorful work. He utilized geometric lines, alongside more natural and messy lines- drawing the viewer’s eyes around all the angles and into the more textured and complex spaces. His paintings also have such fluidity and motion to them, with broad and confident strokes as well as the uneven looks of many of the canvases. Marcaccio also created many large scale, sculptural and installations during this period of his art career. See below,
His larger scale works leaned towards a more gray and dark scheme, lending to a large, imposing presence. However they retain an essence of his more playful and colorful works in their bold lines and geometric inclusions.
More recently, as pictured above, he has expanded his exploration to the survival of painting in a digital age. He combines many modern and digital technology to enhance his paintings. utilizing 3D printing alongside silicone gel, tracing and transfering techniques. Overall his work is incredibly innovative, forward thinking and loud.
Marcaccio’s work really spoke to me in that he is very experimental. He tries things and pushes his work to it’s absolute limit, exploring the boundaries between each medium and technique with his multimedia practice. He also uses many similar subjects and moods that I see in my art. Looking at his work was insightful and helped me brainstorm and helped me decide on some techniques and presentation for my final painting.