Joe Grillo (b. 1980 Meteor City, AZ) is an American visual artist based in Virginia Beach, VA.[1] He was briefly a member of the artist collective Paper Rad, before splintering off to found the artist collective Dearraindrop with siblings Laura Grant and Billy Grant in 2003.[2][3][4][5] His graphic work was published in the underground comics newspaper Paper Rodeo[6] and Kramers Ergot.[7][8][9] He has exhibited internationally as a solo artist at Nordiska Akvarellmuseet Museum in Skarhamn,[10] Loyal Gallery in Sweden,[11] and The Hole in New York City.[12]
His artwork has been described by Roberta Smith of The New York Times as "raucous, densely composed works... crowded with apparent pop-culture figures and motifs that are nearly all invented. Rendered in saturated colors outlined in black, they operate in an area bounded by painting, cartooning, graffiti and perhaps video games... a crazed retinal overload tends to distinguish Mr. Grillo’s works from those of his predecessors."[13]
Music has been an important influence on Grillo, and references to rock bands can be found throughout his work.[14] His art has been featured on Bill Callahan's Woke on a Whaleheart[15] and Awesome Color's self titled debut.[16] His record designs for Dearraindrop's Asid Rain[17] and Flaspar's Quadrupletrouble[18] were featured in Taschen's Art Record Covers Book in 2017 alongside record designs by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Damien Hirst.[19][20]
Selected work
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edit- Kramers Ergot 3 (Avodah Books, 2002)
- Kramers Ergot 4 (Avodah Books, 2003)
- Joe Grillo: #%@&?!!! (The Hole, 2015)
- Joe Grillo: Acid American (Cellar Contemporary, 2016)
- Joe Grillo: Miles of Slime and Smiles (Neoglyphic Media, 2023)
- ALIVE OUTSIDE (Neoglyphic Media, 2024)
References
edit- ^ Toomral, Michael (2016). Joe Grillo: Acid American. Trento, Italy: Cellar Contemporary.
- ^ "'An Oasis, a Utopia, and a Nightmare'". Rhizome. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (2003-01-19). "Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Grayson, Kathy (2015). Joe Grillo: #%@&?!!!. Canada: Anteism.
- ^ "Art People: Dearraindrop's psychedelic swirl". Chicago Reader. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ English, Austin (2017-11-20). "Feininger's Grandkids". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ McCulloch, Joe (2012-02-28). "This Week in Comics!". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Harkham, Sammy (2002). Kramer's Ergot 3. Canada: Avodah Books. ISBN 0967798930.
- ^ Harkham, Sammy (2003). Kramer's Ergot 4. Avodah Books. ISBN 0967798957.
- ^ "Joe Grillo". Nordiska Akvarellmuseet. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Lilja, Martin. "Loyal, Extrabreit". Loyal Gallery. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ "The Hole NYC » Joe Grillo #%@&?!!!". Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (2015-11-19). "Joe Grillo and Zane Lewis in Separate Shows at the Hole". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Gupta, Kavi (2005). Dearraindrop: Magic Brain. Italy: Petra. p. 56. ISBN 8887327114.
- ^ Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart, retrieved 2022-02-20
- ^ Awesome Color - Awesome Color, retrieved 2022-02-20
- ^ Dearraindrop As The Bubblegum Phoenix - Asid Rain, retrieved 2022-02-20
- ^ Flaspar - Quadrupletrouble, retrieved 2022-02-20
- ^ Cellar. "Joe Grillo on Art Record Covers By Taschen". www.cellarcontemporary.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Spampinato, Francesco (2017). Art Record Covers. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3836540292.
- ^ "Dearraindrop As The Bubblegum Phoenix* – Asid Rain". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "Dearraindrop, Bug Sized Mind, Blast City, Dave Public: SS Sarcophagus". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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