Art of the Week: Blaine Fontana

This weeks art of the week comes from an artist by the name of Blaine Fontana.Blaine Fontana graduated from OTIS College of Art and Design in with a BFA in Communication Art/Design. He finished at the top of his class with the “Best in Show” award that is presented upon Graduation and has since shown extensively in galleries internationally. In addition to his gallerywork Fontana has worked commercially for companies as diverse as Keep A Breast, Ocean Pacific, SCION, Toyota, KID ROBOT and NIKE.

This guys art had me lost for words. He took a three year hiatus from art and took some time to gather himself. He recently worked on some art and had an exhibition entitled "The Golden Record". The show is titled after the Golden Records placed on the Voyager spacecraft sent across the universe in 1977. The sets of gold and copper plated records contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them. Fontanaʼs series of paintings are set to portray a snapshot of humanity and history of humans on Earth. The show will have a strong focus on humanity and its inherited argument between beauty and tragedy. Here is some of his work that had me in awe.