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Billy Zane
"Killing With Love"
June 26th - September 1st, 2010
Opening Reception Sunday June 27th, 2010 6:30-9:30 PM


Billy Zane's Killing With Love Book, a collection of all the images from his exhibit at Frank Pictures Gallery is available for purchase for $100 + $15 shipping. Please call the gallery with payment information and allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.


Telemundo, oil on canvas, 82" x 94.5", 1997


See Section, acrylic on hand sewn canvas, 73" x 73", 2010


American Spirit, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 65" x 90", 2010


Now Voyager, acrylic on canvas, 70" x 102", 2010


acrylic and burlap on canvas, 65" x 90", 2010


Cleaning Agent, oil on canvas, 48" x 36", 2010




Disco Volante, oil on canvas, 24" x 20", 2010


Suddenly, oil on canvas, 21.75" x 21.625", 2010

 


Ye Me Lou's Last Call, oil on canvas 47.5" x 37.5", 2010

 


Ye Me Lou's 2nd Last Call, oil on canvas, 49.25" x 34.5", 2010



Broccolini, oil on canvas, 68" x 58.5", 1998

 


Maddonarama, oil on canvas, 39" x 60.5", 1997

 


Floride-share program, oil on canvas, 66" x 48", 2010


Daniel, oil on canvas, 24" x 21", 2010


Gettysburger, oil on canvas, 21" x 19", 2010


Blue Angel, oil on canvas, 21" x 19", 2010


Igia Irini, oil on canvas, 35" x 21", 2010

 


The In, oil on canvas, 44.5" x 46.5", 2010




Despotiko, 20" x 20", 2010


The Gates, 21" x 14", 2010


Echo and Narcissus, 23" x 21", 2010


Kalimera, 34" x 21", 2010


Bucephalus, 21" x 17", 2010


Tin Skin, 39.5" x 71", 2010

 

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Zane, best known for his achievements as an actor in over 80 films, most memorably as Caledon Hockley in the 1997 film Titanic, began painting during his seven months of filming. It didn’t take long for his interest in painting become more than a pastime, it became a consuming passion, often interrupted by his on set responsibilities. Since then he has set up makeshift art studios on almost every location he has filmed in, the cultural influences and use of only local materials influence his spontaneous abstract offerings. “I love the surprise. The joy of making do with what you have to work with. The Hardware store, ship yard, roadside dump site is my art store and most countries, cities and villages are not short on supplies. If I can’t find canvas, I find old signage, shelf liner, or shipping crates. If I can’t find enough paint I use soil, clay, wine, spit, anything that adheres.” He has been further influenced in his art by his practice of the Japanese sword fighting martial art of Kendo. “In Kendo, or Specifically the Samurai ethic and art of swordsmanship, before it was diluted into a sport after WW2, one should not insult their opponent with a mincing, poorly executed cut. It should be decisive, effective, a clean kill, informed with respect for ones adversary and ones own skill. In painting, it’s this commitment to task that interests me most, the cut, the stroke. The act supersedes the message. Logic and meaning, if any, emerge after the fact, but are inherent, like the sculpture in the stone, and only evident when I have been guided by an almost brash confidence. Painting for me, is more physical than psychological or even emotional. Although, I derive great joy from the act and serve an almost insatiable desire to sling paint.”


EXAMINER ARTICLE:
By Joshua Estrin