Artist Diego Gravinese was born in La Plata, Argentina in 1971. His work has been shown internationally over the past 15 years in New York, Paris, Madrid, Turin, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and Los Angeles. He has worked with Ruth Benzacar and ZavaletaLab galleries in Buenos Aires and with DeChiara gallery in New York and currently lives and works in Buenos Aires.
Diego Gravinese also goes by the name Nekomomix. His work focuses around photo realistic imagery. His works are hand painted replications of photographs, no Photoshop or software etc is used. Gravinese’s use of light and colour gives the paintings an atmospheric quality.
There has been much debate over the years on whether the replication of photographs in paint can actually be considered art or just an example of exceptional technical skill. Where do you sit on that topic?
When I look at paintings such as these by Argentinian painter Diego Gravinese I think they are very impressive and eye catching, but then again so are the photographs that he references for his work. Is the art in the idea, the execution or both? I believe that Diego Gravinese is demonstrating extreme artistic technical ability, and therefore this is a definite form of art.
A photograph of Diego Gravinese with some of his works.
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