Miaz Brothers Italian, 1965 & 1968
The Silk Merchant, 2021
Acrylic and spraycan on canvas
80 x 65 cm
31 1/2 x 25 5/8 in
31 1/2 x 25 5/8 in
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The sibling duo Roberto and Renato Miaz, aka the Miaz Brothers, turn portraiture on its head with their large-scale, spray paint-on-canvas paintings, whose subjects are presented completely out-of-focus. “We look...
The sibling duo Roberto and Renato Miaz, aka the Miaz Brothers,
turn portraiture on its head with their large-scale, spray
paint-on-canvas paintings, whose subjects are presented completely
out-of-focus. “We look to provide a visual experience that activates our
awareness, that compels the viewer to recognize and re-establish the
limits of perception”. Both classically trained artists, the brothers
honed their approach to portraiture through ten years of experimentation.
turn portraiture on its head with their large-scale, spray
paint-on-canvas paintings, whose subjects are presented completely
out-of-focus. “We look to provide a visual experience that activates our
awareness, that compels the viewer to recognize and re-establish the
limits of perception”. Both classically trained artists, the brothers
honed their approach to portraiture through ten years of experimentation.
