'12 PLACE DE GUIGNIER' - Pencil, Coloured Ink, and Spray Paint on Palimpsest Paper Collage
Dimension: 31.50'' x 31.50''
Certification of Authenticity: Apricus Art Collection
Signature: Signed by Artist
This building stands just up the street on the corner outside of my art studio in the Belleville neighborhood in Paris. I liked how this one side of the building was so wall like with just a few windows and a single, giant exhaust pipe rising into the air. As I was drawing the trees, I noticed that one can actually tell that they are different species, due to the shape and distribution of the lingering dried leaves and expression of the branches.
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BIOGRAPHY
Paul Bagnulo followed his love to France from Seattle in 2001. Always with a pen or pencil in hand, he explores all of the nooks and crannies of anything art related: drawing, painting, music, movies, film, photography, animation, graphic design, lyrical poetry... Born November 26th, 1970, he lives and works in Paris' 20th arrondissement.
Under the monicker electricpaul, he collaborates as part of an international virtual psychedelic rock group called Nabucco Dinosaur, a project with a friend in Florence, Italy and other musicians from around the world. As well, he plays bass for the Paris based band Lorraine Bleu.
With a life long love of cinema, Paul has participated in a number of big budget productions, as well as art directing or playing lead roles in finely crafted short films. He has also created a number of animated music videos for his virtual psychedelic rock group Nabucco Dinosaur.
Artist Statement
Born of a fascination with the typically Parisian crenellated rooftops and stove pipe chimney stacks, much of my work celebrates the architectural silhouettes that contrast and converse with the often sunny but sometimes stormy skies that arc over city.
I prepare the canvases employing a technique I call « palimpsest collage ». It involves layering successive sheets of old book pages and musical partition as well as diazotype blueprints, and then carefully wearing them away with a damp sponge to remove the paper, leaving the ink on the surface below. This process creates an interesting, textural motif which harkens the music of the language and plan of the ville.
To me, the beige, well-worn and random result is the color of Paris, the varying hues and shades of the buildings that line the narrow streets and wide avenues. I allow the palimpsest collage to pigment the weathered walls of the architecture, rendering additional details with pencil, pen and paint.
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