RONNIE GENOTTI
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Ronnie Genotti draws from his experiences growing up queer in Detroit, Michigan in the 1970s, creating work that draws on universal themes such as religion, bullying, and the impact of AIDS on his community. While this has greatly influenced his work, his art is intentionally abstract in order to create more archetypal experiences for viewers; through universal motifs, he hopes his viewers find their own meaning within his body of work.
The San Francisco, California based artist creates abstract pieces with an assortment of materials including pastels, oils, and acrylics. Using a variety of techniques to create movement and energy, Genotti puts a strong emphasis on color, line, and tone. His technical process is as important to him as the resulting narrative. His work was recently featured in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House, and in Dwell and Luxe magazines. His work has been acquired by hotels and private collectors in the US.
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I capture raw expressions of what I have seen and felt; experiences that are stones in our souls and have come to shape our lives; experiences that are confused by memory yet still glue us to points in our past. I wish to get them out into the world, pin them like butterflies to a board, so that we can examine them on our own terms and no longer on theirs. My goal is not for the viewer to understand the references behind a particular piece, but rather grok, wholly and deeply, the emotional landscape of the images and apply them to their own imperfect existences. Although the subject matter may be based on internal reference points, experience is secondary to the decisions I make when building the composition: choices of color, line, volume, and application. As such, the relationship among artist, subject, and image is my predominant concern.
