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Steven Spazuk Makes Drawings With Fire And Soot (PHOTOS, VIDEO)


First Posted: 02/ 2/2012 7:02 pm Updated: 02/ 2/2012 7:03 pm

Here at HuffPost Arts we come across a lot of kooky materials. Sculptures made from paper clips, paintings out of tape ... you name it, we've seen it. But rarely do we come across such a lovely merger of material and skill. Rarely do we encounter an artist who uses an unexpected medium in such a way that it actually appears natural, even organic, but Steven Spazuk draws with fire and the results are mesmerizing.


Spazuk's results are truly spellbinding. Some faces are shockingly realistic while others exist in an ethereal in-between space. There are black and white images, color images, and collages which Spazuk calls 'color mosaics.' His friends attest that Spazuk's work is always evolving. Like fire, Spazuk exists in a state of creative destruction, fanning the flames and learning his own power.

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Here at HuffPost Arts we come across a lot of kooky materials. Sculptures made from paper clips, paintings out of tape ... you name it, we've seen it. But rarely do we come across such a lovely merger...
Here at HuffPost Arts we come across a lot of kooky materials. Sculptures made from paper clips, paintings out of tape ... you name it, we've seen it. But rarely do we come across such a lovely merger...
Here at HuffPost Arts we come across a lot of kooky materials. Sculptures made from paper clips, paintings out of tape ... you name it, we've seen it. But rarely do we come across such a lovely merger...
Here at HuffPost Arts we come across a lot of kooky materials. Sculptures made from paper clips, paintings out of tape ... you name it, we've seen it. But rarely do we come across such a lovely merger...
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08:08 AM on 02/22/2012
The Surrealists did it. Hell, cave people did it.
05:34 PM on 02/03/2012
WHY DOES THE FIRE/SOOT GIMMICK MAKE THIS STUFF NEWSWORTHY? They look like vine charcoal drawings from Drawing 201. Geeze
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GraphicMatt
Somebody make me a sandwich!
12:49 PM on 02/03/2012
Meh. There was a guy in college that would make a big grid out of sliced white bread then use a torch to toast/paint portraits on it. His stuff was way cooler.
05:20 AM on 02/03/2012
Jiri Georg Dokoupil anyone?, but probably no one here knows him.

He's been making soot paintings since 1989. and not the pedestrian crap this guy makes.

wonder if this article came about because of a press agent...
02:22 AM on 02/03/2012
Lee Bontecou was doing much more interesting work with soot back around 1960.
01:57 AM on 02/03/2012
the good ones remind me of chuck close. The crappy ones remind me of the stoner in my high school art class
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01:52 AM on 02/03/2012
"Good artists borrow, great artists steal." Pablo Picasso.
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old fart
01:40 AM on 02/03/2012
...you'll likely be hearing from chuck close's lawyer!
11:23 PM on 02/02/2012
Uh, has Chuck Close seen these pieces??? Cool technique, but not exactly original.
11:19 PM on 02/02/2012
Uh, Chuck Close anyone?