http://www.johndescarfino.com John Descarfino Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:19:06 +0000 http://www.johndescarfino.com en http://johndescarfino.com/Drawings-Flesh-and-Stone http://johndescarfino.com/following/johndescarfino.com/Drawings-Flesh-and-Stone Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:19:06 +0000 John Descarfino 95561 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-1.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-1_o.jpg" data-mid="12510563" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-3.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-3_o.jpg" data-mid="12510580" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-4.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-4_o.jpg" data-mid="12510589" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-5.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS1-5_o.jpg" data-mid="12510594" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-1.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-1_o.jpg" data-mid="12510598" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-2.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-2_o.jpg" data-mid="12510603" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-3.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-3_o.jpg" data-mid="12510610" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-4.jpg" width="568" height="400" width_o="568" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-4_o.jpg" data-mid="12510616" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-5.jpg" width="571" height="400" width_o="571" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/95561/DescarfinoFS2-5_o.jpg" data-mid="12510630" border="0" align="left"/> "Flesh and Stone" 2009 8 1⁄4 x 11 3⁄4” inches. Graphite on paper. “Flesh and Stone” conjoins a birthmark and a tomb (the earthquake-destroyed and concrete encased town of Gibellina, Sicily) to indirectly map an island and my relation to a heritage. Graphite rubbings and tracings are the initial mark making processes that generate these drawings. As indexical signs, these gestures embody aspects of both documentation and absence - something I relate to the buried town of Gibellina and my distant heritage. The drawing approach that follows is an intuitive use of line, tonality, and erasure into the two surfaces that inform the work. Maps, ranging from geological formations to celestial bodies, invite me into a realm of memory and imagination. Although these drawings are anchored in very specific sources, it’s the intimations of ritual, religion, folklore, and the superstitions of Sicily that stir my curiosity. The literal coordinates of the birthmark and tomb transition into the poetry of evocative mapping. http://johndescarfino.com/Light-Breaking-Ground http://johndescarfino.com/following/johndescarfino.com/Light-Breaking-Ground Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:34:02 +0000 John Descarfino 1658763 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/JDescarfino-shadowplay.jpg" width="431" height="400" width_o="431" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/JDescarfino-shadowplay_o.jpg" data-mid="12492109" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/JDescarfino-conversation.jpg" width="432" height="400" width_o="432" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/JDescarfino-conversation_o.jpg" data-mid="12492064" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/neighboring.jpg" width="431" height="400" width_o="431" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/neighboring_o.jpg" data-mid="16267264" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-atlantic.jpg" width="432" height="400" width_o="432" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-atlantic_o.jpg" data-mid="12492114" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-localservice.jpg" width="431" height="400" width_o="431" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-localservice_o.jpg" data-mid="12492118" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-station.jpg" width="427" height="400" width_o="427" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-station_o.jpg" data-mid="12492122" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-christopher-sconclusion.jpg" width="432" height="400" width_o="432" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/Descarfino-christopher-sconclusion_o.jpg" data-mid="12492125" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/JDescarfino-wetland.jpg" width="424" height="400" width_o="424" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/JDescarfino-wetland_o.jpg" data-mid="12920734" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/pellicle.jpg" width="421" height="400" width_o="421" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/1658763/pellicle_o.jpg" data-mid="16072518" border="0" align="left"/> 1. "Shadow Play". 2011. Oil on linen. 38 x 41" inches. 2. "Conversation". 2011. Oil on linen. 38 x 41" inches. 3. "Figure In the Woods". 2012. Oil on linen. 38 x 41" inches 4. "Atlantic". 2010. Oil on linen. 38 x 41" inches. 5. "Service". 2010. Oil on linen. 27 x 29" inches. 6. "Station". 2011. Oil on linen. 27x29" inches. 7. "Christopher's Conclusion". 2010-11. Oil on linen. 38 x 41" inches. 8. "Wetland". 2011. Oil on canvas. 52 x 55" inches. 9. "Pellicle". 2011-12. Oil on canvas. 52 x 55" inches. http://johndescarfino.com/Circuit http://johndescarfino.com/following/johndescarfino.com/Circuit Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:32:18 +0000 John Descarfino 2474317 <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/JDescarfino-HoustonI.jpg" width="399" height="400" width_o="399" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/JDescarfino-HoustonI_o.jpg" data-mid="12472458" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/Descarfino-Houston-2.jpg" width="397" height="400" width_o="397" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/Descarfino-Houston-2_o.jpg" data-mid="12472434" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/Descarfino-Houston-3.jpg" width="401" height="400" width_o="401" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/Descarfino-Houston-3_o.jpg" data-mid="12472438" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/JDescarfino-surge.jpg" width="400" height="400" width_o="400" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/JDescarfino-surge_o.jpg" data-mid="12472501" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/JDescarfino-circuit.jpg" width="402" height="400" width_o="402" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/JDescarfino-circuit_o.jpg" data-mid="12920519" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/Descarfino-arena.jpg" width="430" height="400" width_o="430" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/2474317/Descarfino-arena_o.jpg" data-mid="12472624" border="0" align="left"/> 1. "Houston" (I). 2011. Oil on linen. 12 x 12" inches. 2. "Houston" (III). 2011. Oil on linen. 12 x 12" inches. 3. "Houston" (II). 2011. Oil on linen. 12 x 12" inches. 4. "Surge". 2011. Oil on linen. 12 x 12" inches. 5. "Circuit". 2011. Oil on linen. 21 x 21" inches. 6. "Arena". 2010. Oil on linen. 27 x 29" inches. http://johndescarfino.com/Paintings-2006-2008 http://johndescarfino.com/following/johndescarfino.com/Paintings-2006-2008 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:56:39 +0000 John Descarfino 92857 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_07.jpg" width="645" height="400" width_o="645" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_07_o.jpg" data-mid="12445045" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled-loaddock08.jpg" width="551" height="400" width_o="551" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled-loaddock08_o.jpg" data-mid="12445085" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled-rdsign07.jpg" width="552" height="400" width_o="552" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled-rdsign07_o.jpg" data-mid="12445092" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled07.jpg" width="552" height="400" width_o="552" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled07_o.jpg" data-mid="12445214" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled07hiwy.jpg" width="553" height="400" width_o="553" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled07hiwy_o.jpg" data-mid="12445110" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/DescarfinocanalbankI007.jpg" width="492" height="400" width_o="492" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/DescarfinocanalbankI007_o.jpg" data-mid="12445117" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled07sapling.jpg" width="494" height="400" width_o="494" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled07sapling_o.jpg" data-mid="12445128" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfinodredge06.jpg" width="417" height="400" width_o="417" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfinodredge06_o.jpg" data-mid="12445130" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled08.jpg" width="433" height="400" width_o="433" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitled08_o.jpg" data-mid="12445131" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitledorangegrid07.jpg" width="498" height="400" width_o="498" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitledorangegrid07_o.jpg" data-mid="12445134" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitledwinter08.jpg" width="551" height="400" width_o="551" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/9427/92857/Descarfino_untitledwinter08_o.jpg" data-mid="12445155" border="0" align="left"/> 1. Untitled. 2007. Oil on canvas. 34x55" inches. 2. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 21x29" inches. 3. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 21x29" inches. 4. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 21x29" inches. 5. Untitled. 2007-08. Oil on linen. 21x29" inches. 6. "Canal". 2006. Oil on linen. 34x42" inches. 7. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 34x42" inches. 8, "Crane". 2006. Oil on canvas. 48 x 50" inches. 9. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 48 x 52" inches. 10. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 34x42" inches. 11. Untitled. 2007. Oil on linen. 21x29" inches.