Ravi Zupa is an eclectic and self-taught American artist from Denver, Colorado that creates interesting pastiche prints, manufactured sculptures, music videos and big installations using a variety of styles and techniques. He finds his biggest inspiration in books, the bulk of different cultures, mythologies, and imagery from around the world and many different epochs. His art is colored with contemporaneity and political awareness and treats issues like violence, struggle, anarchism, dystopia, pop culture, power, ideology, political figures, etc. However, it has an old-looking aura about it like it was excavated long time ago. His studio practice combines several art techniques: print, painting, assemblage sculpture, collage, drawing, ceramic.
Literature is one of the main referential points for Zupa, as he finds them as the best way to experience art. Same of his exhibitions are semi-quotations and some reference statements such as the pen is mightier than the sword.
Regarding prints, he uses different media, from India ink, acrylic paint, latex, oil color, chalk, silk screen, collage, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, block print cut etc. As well, Ravi Zupa‘s work employs recycled media and materials such as old letters salvaged from dumpsters, blueprints, maps, envelopes. Zupa shows an astonishing ability of command over the variety of techniques and practices he involves – and the big thing about it all – everything he makes is hand-made! Besides that, he creates music videos for the label Anticon. He is active on social media where he continues his activist approach and shares his love for art.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Ravi Zupa. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
Literature is one of the main referential points for Zupa, as he finds them as the best way to experience art. Same of his exhibitions are semi-quotations and some reference statements such as the pen is mightier than the sword.
Regarding prints, he uses different media, from India ink, acrylic paint, latex, oil color, chalk, silk screen, collage, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, block print cut etc. As well, Ravi Zupa‘s work employs recycled media and materials such as old letters salvaged from dumpsters, blueprints, maps, envelopes. Zupa shows an astonishing ability of command over the variety of techniques and practices he involves – and the big thing about it all – everything he makes is hand-made! Besides that, he creates music videos for the label Anticon. He is active on social media where he continues his activist approach and shares his love for art.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Ravi Zupa. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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