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Revelation Studios (718)- 696-8267
Across the mediums of painting, collage, sculpture, and found-object assemblages, Revelation Studios creations range from striking nightmare visions, breathtaking idealizations, and haunting prophecies of human error's toll.
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"Craig LaRotonda and Kim Maria are the twisted genius Rodins and Picassos of their generation.....their work inspires, creeps me out, moves me, scares and amuses children and makes me look at the world in all new ways - I love every f**king thing they've ever done!" "Lyrical, beguiling, poetic, unearthly, enchanting and unnerving in equal measure. I can barely bring myself to look away from these mirrored remnants of a forgotten history; innocence as grotesque, grotesque as innocence. I like it." - Johnny Depp “Technology run amuck wreaks soul wrenching havoc.”-R.B. Strauss, Aroundphilly.com “Strange, surreal and spiritual art”- Elizabeth Snead, Fashion Wire Daily “With an improbable mix of beauty, humor, and the grotesque, LaRotonda’s still lifes are uneasy dreams of an atavistic past.”
Craig LaRotonda Born in Buffalo NY 1970, Craig LaRotonda studied with the internationally renowned illustrator Alan Cober, at The State University of New York at Buffalo where he received his B.F.A. in Art in 1992. In 1997 Craig and artist, Kim Maria moved to San Francisco, California. Craig’s background in painting and sculpture combined with Kim’s assemblage and collage techniques naturally developed into a prolific collaboration. As a result of their partnership, they formed Revelation Studios, a fine art and commercial studio. LaRotonda's artwork graces the walls of famous homes including collectors in France, Germany, Norway, Mexico, France and Canada, as well as a host of collectors in the U.S. His distinctive art appears published in 3 feature-length motion pictures through his relationship with Film Art LA including the Academy Award wining film “Traffic” (dir. By Steven Soderbergh) as well as numerous publications such as Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Juxtapoz and The New York Times. LaRotonda's eerie and contemplative paintings have been exhibited at galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, Santa Monica, Santa Fe, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Buffalo, Scottsdale, San Francisco and Paris. Kim Maria Kim Maria is a self-taught assemblage and collage artist. Her intimate works are uniquely fashioned from a thoughtful selection of found objects, antique relics,, tin-type photographs, plaster, bones, insects and organic materials. Maria intrigues her viewers with figurative works that are like whispers from the past imbued with the delicate decay of time. Her work has been exhibited in galleries including La Luz de Jesus Gallery, in Los Angeles, G2 Gallery in Arizona, CPOP Galleriy in Detroit, Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco, Limbo Fine Art in San Diego and Anno Domini in San Jose. Kim's unusual brand of artwork is in the collections of actors Gedde Watanabe and Kirsten Dunst, as well as director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, , music producer Craig Fruin, writer Jerry Stahl and appeared in the 2002 Universal Pictures feature film Big Fat Liar (courtesy Film Art LA). Kim will have a book of her work published in 2008 with artist and husband Craig LaRotonda. This 10-year retrospective book from Brown Paper Press titled 'Mysterium Magnum," will feature artwork by both artists including mixed assemblage, painting and illustrations.
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