Emil Kazaz

[Em]

 

http://www.airiandomeoffineart.com/

Born January 14, 1953 in Gyumri, Armenia, Emil Kazaz (Emmanuel Kazazian) trained as an artist in the traditional style since the age of seven. At seven, he studied sculpture at the local art school and attended the Mercurov Art School when he was 12. After moving to the capital, Yerevan, Emil Kazaz continued his studies at the Terlemezian Art College, finishing in 1972 and subsequently the University of Fine Arts and Theater, graduating in 1978 with honors.

 

Settling in Los Angeles in 1980, his subsequent career is a dream come true. Exhibitions in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Russia, Canada and throughout the United States, Emil Kazaz has become a master. Earning the prestigious Lorenzo Medici Medal from the Florence Biennale in 2003 and the Grande Lorenzo il Magnifico (Medici) Prize in Sculpture from Florence Biennale in 2007.

 

A very inventive storyteller, Kazaz blurs the distinctions between drawing, painting, and sculpture. By its spontaneous nature, drawing is his most fluid activity, followed by sculpture, and then painting, which, more often than not, seems sculptural. Kazaz is also a master of emotional transparency. His animated gestures and atypical postures project internal thoughts as secondary props, i.e. building details, cups, hats, etc. add to pictorial succulence and multilayered translations. All of his works are dominated by atmosphere, color, and implication; with a twist of the brush, a dab of color, or glob of clay, he creates a nose, a questioning gaze, and/or personas with complicated social situations as tiny pieces of architectural detail, furniture, or landscape identify locations in which his participants read their lines, and live their lives.

 

Emil Kazaz continues to live and work in Los Angeles.

 

[Armat]

I like his work.Very wild in a good way.