Paul Rizzo I’m Not Sure How to Relax, Obsessions and Other Rainbows (Loud Disco Music)
Four Eleven Gallery September 17 - 30, 2021
Reception Friday, September 17, 7-9pm
New Paintings by Paul Rizzo opens Friday, September 17th and runs through September 30th. The gallery will hold a cautious, sidewalk reception from 7 PM - 9 PM on Friday, September 17th. Because of the increased prevalence of COVID-19 infections in Provincetown, masks are required at the reception and three people will be allowed in the gallery at a time. In addition to the show, Rizzo’s artworks will be available to view and purchase at fourelevengallery.com
I’m Not Sure How to Relax, Obsessions and Other Rainbows (Loud Disco Music) is a deeply psychological show that traces the inquiries and obsessions of an extraordinarily committed artist. Rizzo’s work begins with his interior life, reaches toward the rambunctiousness of Provincetown’s gay scene, and embraces dreams. Of this work, Rizzo states: “Communicating using words and with other people is very abstract. I am a run on sentence, always in search of finding something with paint or pencil. I'm trying to communicate something although I’m usually not sure what and can never seem to find the right words. Blue and rainbow are my favorite colors. Painting and making work is a form of traveling to another time and place but also a way of feeling at home.”
Paul Rizzo, Kermie Behind The Belt, 16 x 20 inches, mixed media on panel, image courtesy of Four Eleven Gallery
Paul Rizzo is a painter and sketchbook filler who lives and works in Provincetown Massachusetts. He works with and from 70s gay porn, portraiture, abstraction, houses and text. His work is also about nostalgia both for a time he lives in and a time he has not technically lived through. He is obsessed with the past, specifically old Hollywood and the 1970s. A process painter, he loves getting lost in documenting and/or the making of art.
Paul Rizzo,Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Mixed media on paper, mounted to panel, 12 x 9”