Jose romussi

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Chilean artist Jose Romussi adds embroidery to paper photographs to extracts a third dimension, and thus a nascent personality, out of an otherwise flat image. By doing so, Romussi opens space for alternative interpretations and methods of viewing a staged image. The artist refers to his work as an "intervention," and in many ways, his intentions are similar to other contemporary artists who use yarn as a method of interrupting the norm. Like "Yarn Bombing," which is often performed as a…

I love the way who the Chilean artist Jose Romussi creates beautiful collages simply sewing on photos. His works are really poetical and delicate to me, love them!

Chilean artist Jose Romussi studied landscape design but became famous with silk prints and collages over the past years. Romussi takes vintage black & white photographs and saw over some colorful thread adding a playful touch to the frozen postures of the models. He is especially attracted by dancers and ballerinas that seem very sensual […]

Chilean artist Jose Romussi adds embroidery to paper photographs to extracts a third dimension, and thus a nascent personality, out of an otherwise flat image. By doing so, Romussi opens space for alternative interpretations and methods of viewing a staged image. The artist refers to his work as an "intervention," and in many ways, his intentions are similar to other contemporary artists who use yarn as a method of interrupting the norm. Like "Yarn Bombing," which is often performed as a…

The moment I saw these photos, something stirred inside of me. Artist Jose Romussi breathes new life into old photos by embroidering colorful thread onto

Jose Romussi proposes a creative exercise based on experimentation with materials related to textile art. We appreciate a delicate and subtle yet aberrant and enigmatic proposal. Jose succeeded in completing a rebellious, generational and contemporary discourse, a reflection in tension with the atavistic and the ornamental. Its manufacture gives way to free and unstructured embroidery, emphasizing the use of organic materials that make up an imperfect and expressionist geometric composition…

I love the way who the Chilean artist Jose Romussi creates beautiful collages simply sewing on photos. His works are really poetical and delicate to me, love them!

Some time ago we had the honor of introducing you to Jose Romussi at iGNANT. Today we would like to show you his most recent work. This time the Berlin based artist elaborates pictures from old fashion magazines with colorful forms of embroidery. The embroidery in this project is more playful and less linear. The […]

Embroidered Photographs and Collaborative Collages A common critique of photographys is the flatness of the image. Chilean artist Jose Romussi, however, disagrees. Using careful collaging and diligent embroidery, the Berlin-based artist has been exploring the relationship between the visual and tangible since 2010 usin