Joseph Pisani

Joseph Pisani (born 1971) is an American born artist, abstract painter, and photographer.

Sourced

• All the possessions in the world cannot fill an empty heart with love.
  • As quoted on the artist's Twitter Feed, March 16, 2013 https://twitter.com/joseph_pisani/status/312902833747943424

• While traveling, I’ve found that spontaneity keeps things fresh, while serendipity guides me through it all. There have been a lot of rough moments along the way, but they often bear the best memories.
  • As quoted in "Oh Sweet Serendipity" By Joseph Pisani Inside Switzerland magazine (Winter 2007), p. 94

• Being born in New York City, tends to lead to big expectations, expectations that I only started to realize after I had left.
  • Television Interview, Aeschbacher April 4, 2008, Swiss Television SF1

• I’m the type of person that likes to dream big, and I’ve often found that every great journey begins with a dream
  • Radio Interview, Radio Osttirol, March 22, 2008, by Werner Gatterer

• In 1995, when I was backpacking through Europe solo, I would head to the train station, look up at the big board, and decide right there and then where I would go that day.
  • Television Interview, Aeschbacher April 4, 2008, Swiss Television SF1

• During my youth, I was fascinated by the colors of Van Goth's paintings
  • As quoted in "Ein Nomade mit satändigem Sitz in Zürich" by Natalie Isenring Tages Anzeiger (January 24, 2008), p. 58

• My favourite painting is often the one or the collection that I am currently working on. This is probably due to the fact that I don’t yet know where it will take me.
  • As quoted in "The Conceptual Artist" Inside Switzerland magazine Individuals (Summer 2006), p. 23

Unsourced

• I attempt to lead my viewers in the right direction about where I was, and what I was thinking or feeling at the time of creating a particular painting. Then, after giving this initial clue, it is my specific purpose to leave the viewers on their own to question how the title relates to the art itself and to decide how the artwork makes them feel in the context of my clues.
  • From Artist's Website

• Traveling sets me free and I find myself most alive when the culture shock I feel is strongest… Painting is the way I capture, savor and express all these feelings.
  • From Artist's Website

• Although I do often find inspiration while looking through a camera lens, most of my paintings come as an afterthought back in my studio, while re-living the emotion and excitement of the trip itself.
  • From Artist's Website

Quotes about Pisani

• A Modern Rothko: Color field Paintings by Joseph Pisani
  • Paulina Szczesniak, As Quoted in "Glanzlichter der Woche (Highlights of the Week)", Zueritipp, No. 43, October 26, 2006

External links

• Joseph Pisani official site
• Oh Sweet Serendipity Inside Switzerland Magazine Winter 2007 [1]
• Joseph Pisani: Guest on Swiss Television Talk Show "Aeschbacher", April 4, 2008 Swiss Television Video Portal
• Radio Interview, Radio Osttirol, March 22, 2008, by Werner Gatterer [2]
• Swiss Television Question & Answer http://www.sf.tv/sendungen/aeschbacher/gastdetail.php?docid=20080410&index=1
• Offical Web site
• Natalie Isenring "Ein Nomade mit satändigem Sitz in Zürich", Tages Anzeiger, January 24, 2008, Page 58 (Article as PDF)
• Entry at Eule-Art Gallery Davos, Switzerland
• Entry at Kunstgalerie Bachlechner