Zed Nesti
Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Art is not something you hang in the dinning room." This has always been my definition of art. ...
About the artist
Zed Nesti
Joined In 2010
(2 Followers)
About the artist
Zed Nesti
Joined In 2010
(2 Followers)
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"Art is not something you hang in the dinning room." This has always been my definition of art.
Art is not supposed to be "easily digested" - We are not supposed to have lunch while observing a massacre; nor have dinner whilst appreciating a redemption; nor fall in love during breakfast. Art is supposed to take our breath away, capture our attention. My art has a hold on dreams, my dreams, society's consumerist dreams, and our consumed dreams.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Said Philip K. Dick. Between the years 2011 - 2013 I was haunted by the amazing and unlikely nature of reality. I responded to the disturbing reality by using it to my advantage and creating artworks.
Appropriation is the central concept in my artwork. I appropriated myself of publicity outdoor images and recreated them into huge oil paintings, such as a Calvin Klein advertisement that took more than a year to be completed. In the "Celeb" series I appropriated myself of many famous images of celebrities such as: Heath Ledger, Angelina Jolie, Scarlet Johansson, amongst others, and created several different oil paintings. Another example is the series entitled: "The Book of Faces of Facebook" I collected man...
FAAP – Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado
2013 “Z. N. Pinturas 2010 – 2013” Club Noir
2010 “Book of Faces of Facebook” Galeria Motor SP / Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery – New York
2009 “Celebs” Galerie Sho – Tokyo
“Porn” MiniLoft – São Paulo
2008 “Models” Escola São Paulo – SP