Artist Profile: John Puglisi
Artist Profile: John Puglisi
I recently came across the work of John Puglisi while flipping through the pages of the October 2006 issue of Juxtapoz, where an ad for the industrial POP show at lineage gallery in Philadelphia featured an image of his painting, The End of Asbury Park, with its downtrodden little fellow ambling in front of Asbury Park's iconic Palace Fun House (now demolished for condos) and the Palace's next door neighbor, the adult cinema (also demolished).
As a former resident of the Jersey Shore, who has spent plenty of time in Asbury Park, the image immediately grabbed my attention. Puglisi, had nailed it: the faded glory, the eerie openness, the glorious light.
Whereas the past few artists I've profiled have either been inspired by the "exotic" - such as Sam Gambino and Chongolio - or have inspired me based upon my own ideas of what's exotic - such as Rhys Hall and Eruera Ropiha - this month's Artist Profile is more in line with the first one I wrote about New Jersey artist Ray Sammak. Like Ray, John Puglisi grew up in northern New Jersey. Although John's work in the animation and film industries (credits include Planet of the Apes, The Lion King, and Fifty First Dates) now keeps him in California much of the time, he still considers NJ his "home" and has recently begun exploring his Jersey roots through his art.
Puglisi's vision of New Jersey is at once nostalgic and foreboding and captures the ironic majesty of the Garden State's industrial landscape. If you've ever even half-considered the Turnpike or the Parkway to be remotely beautiful or oddly comforting, Puglisi's work is for you. It's certainly for me.
Visit www.johnpuglisi.com and tell him Tiki Chris says thanks(!) for letting me use his images on this blog!
I recently came across the work of John Puglisi while flipping through the pages of the October 2006 issue of Juxtapoz, where an ad for the industrial POP show at lineage gallery in Philadelphia featured an image of his painting, The End of Asbury Park, with its downtrodden little fellow ambling in front of Asbury Park's iconic Palace Fun House (now demolished for condos) and the Palace's next door neighbor, the adult cinema (also demolished).
As a former resident of the Jersey Shore, who has spent plenty of time in Asbury Park, the image immediately grabbed my attention. Puglisi, had nailed it: the faded glory, the eerie openness, the glorious light.
Whereas the past few artists I've profiled have either been inspired by the "exotic" - such as Sam Gambino and Chongolio - or have inspired me based upon my own ideas of what's exotic - such as Rhys Hall and Eruera Ropiha - this month's Artist Profile is more in line with the first one I wrote about New Jersey artist Ray Sammak. Like Ray, John Puglisi grew up in northern New Jersey. Although John's work in the animation and film industries (credits include Planet of the Apes, The Lion King, and Fifty First Dates) now keeps him in California much of the time, he still considers NJ his "home" and has recently begun exploring his Jersey roots through his art.
Puglisi's vision of New Jersey is at once nostalgic and foreboding and captures the ironic majesty of the Garden State's industrial landscape. If you've ever even half-considered the Turnpike or the Parkway to be remotely beautiful or oddly comforting, Puglisi's work is for you. It's certainly for me.
Visit www.johnpuglisi.com and tell him Tiki Chris says thanks(!) for letting me use his images on this blog!
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