Roberto Azank

Roberto Azank
Born 1955
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Field Painting
Training University of Buenos Aires

Roberto Azank was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955; the grandson of an oil canvas artist and the son of a master embroidery designer.

At the age of 14, Roberto won the first prize in painting at his High School; he went on to first study photography and later architecture at the University of Buenos Aires.

In 1979, he moved to the United States where experimentation with various artistic forms and media led to his decision to pursue a career in the arts. As he continued to hone his craft, Azank began painting brightly colored abstract works in acrylics. By the late eighties, his style had evolved from abstract to figurative and he started painting in oils.

In 1994, Azank moved to New York's Catskill Mountains and found in his still life works the definitive style for which he is known.

Roberto’s canvases convey a sense of hyper-reality[1] through his bold use of color, precise lines and controlled composition. Common objects such as flowers, fruits, vessels and candles are given new life set against the strong horizon, which divides the artist’s rich color fields. These color fields, often indescribable in hue, are the cornerstone of Azank’s work, while the still life objects act as vehicles for exploration of positive and negative space, placement and scale. He elects to omit unnecessary ornamentation from his compositions, choosing instead to emphasize the precision and draftsmanship he originally investigated in architecture school.

Now at mid career, Roberto Azank has been described as a "metaclassical artist" whose interests lie in the abstract qualities of realism as opposed to the photographic copying of nature.

Contents

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected publications on the artist

Selected collections

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Lizette (2002-09-30). "Viewing art with an eye toward capital growth". San Francisco Business Times. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2002/09/30/focus2.html. 
  2. ^ Einspruch, Franklin (2003-06-05). "Framed Like Miami Opening Up The House of Cards sums up our transient, impermanent existence". Miami New Times. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2003-06-05/culture/framed-like-miami/2/.