Joseph Piccillo
“Today, in an age of easy mechanical reproduction, there
is still something of the magical in the representation of an
animal by hand. A part of the power of Joseph Piccillo's work
lies in his ability to dazzle us with sheer technical mastery.”
- Regan Upshaw
Known primarily for his work depicting horses, Joseph Piccillo
also finds intrigue in the human form. Utilizing a grid format
his charcoal and graphite portraits are organized as "tiles"
resembling photographs from old magazines or images from an
era past. Piccillo's odd placement of each panel adds an atmosphere
which is distinctly of our time. He illustrates a wide range
of emotions in each portrait through his mastery of chiaroscuro,
from scorn and anger to anxiety to melancholy, creating the
tension and balance that makes each separate compartment a part
of an impeccably unified composition.
Joseph Piccillo has been exhibiting his work for thirty years
in New York, across the United States and throughout Europe.
His work can be found in numerous public and private collections
such as IBM, Microsoft, Time, Inc., Dow-Jones, Brooklyn Museum,
and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
