Motor Oil and the Sun in New Art for a New Millennium



    NEW YORK, July 30 /EMWNews/ -- Emerging artist David Macaluso's work

navigates the conflicting parts of a global engine. On the one side is the

old guard of institutional oil; on the other are emerging alternative

energy technologies. In Used Motor Oil works on paper, or his new

solar-minded series of paintings, Mr. Macaluso's artwork embodies the

fundamental tensions and divisions of our time -- and transcends them.



    In 2005, David Macaluso took inspiration directly from the internal

combustion engine by painting with its dirty brown discharge: used motor

oil. Mr. Macaluso's work with used motor oil is elegant and compelling,

abstract or semi-abstract, and juxtaposes themes of order and chaos, of

mind and matter. Although his used motor oil art is an act of recycling --

this is not just conscientious environmentalism for Mr. Macaluso:



    "I recall my desire to create an organic art, born directly from this

period in history; and one day I had the idea to paint with motor oil. It

symbolized how oil affects every aspect of life today. I was also

fascinated by the idea of oil as a substance that's extracted from the

depths of the earth after having developed organically over hundreds of

millions of years; then to circulate over our roadways and through the

engines that support people's lives. And perhaps threatens them."



    David Macaluso's artwork (http://www.davidmacaluso.com) forms a bridge

between the world that was and is, to the world that can be. If his work

with used motor oil alludes to a murky present, his recent series of

acrylic paintings sees a horizon illuminated by new energy modes. But

rather than advocate for change, Mr. Macaluso's work reflects the change

that is occurring. By looking through a prism of individual identity and

behavior, his latest paintings highlight the link between global energy

developments and collective human awareness.



    David Macaluso is an artist who speaks in the visual language of myth

and metaphor. His latest work, entitled Mindsnapper Series, merges solar

iconography with pictography and historical references, into an artistic

vision at its prime.



    To view the art of David Macaluso: http://www.davidmacaluso.com

    About the Artist:



    David Macaluso is the recipient of the Cultural Arts Council Award of

Bellmore-Merrick. A precocious talent at an early age, Mr. Macaluso is

largely self-taught. His higher education includes Parsons School of

Design, New School University, and Hunter College, all in New York.

Currently he lives and paints full-time in Brooklyn, New York; he

selectively accepts commissions. His current series of used motor oil

mixed-media works is expected for release in mid-August 2008. His works are

in numerous private collections around the world.






    CONTACT:



    David Macaluso

    Tel: 516-650-5167

    [email protected]



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