{"id":9560,"date":"2021-05-11T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=9560"},"modified":"2021-05-11T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T22:07:46","slug":"ian-paratore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/ian-paratore","title":{"rendered":"Ian Paratore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Buy the World<\/em>
57.5″x39.4″; paper on canvas; 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ian Paratore
San Francisco, California, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My focus is to provoke thought using only recycled materials; there is enough stuff in the world already, I do not need new materials to make art. I love the idea of using things that were meant for something else and making them my own. It allows me a certain level of control while also making a statement about what we define as the end of an object\u2019s life. My work is about sustainability and critical thought. I like to layer my work so that the viewers get different information from a distance compared to up close. I hope it takes a bit of investigation to fully understand what is going on in my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made it back to my creativity after my last college baseball season as an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley. Some years went by of being unknowingly frustrated that I did not have a creative outlet. Later, I made a few collages as decoration for the Green Tortoise Hostel in San Francisco, then started stocking up on materials when I moved to Portland. My practice got more of my time while I taught English in Madrid, Spain in 2019, and now I am full-time back in my hometown by the bay. In 2020, a piece of mine was recognized by the Visual Arts International Contest, and now I am showing in a couple retail locations in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(415) 702-5050
[click to email<\/a>]
breakfakerules.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BoomBox<\/em>
14.2″x10.2″; paper on a book cover; 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Redo<\/em>
23″x20.7″; paper on a wooden cupboard door; 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sun Shower<\/em>
7.9″x5.5″; paper on a book cover; 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Look Up<\/em>
32.2″x22″; paper on cardboard; 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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