March 24, 2006
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The Pizz. (bio copied from www.posterpo.com)
http://www.the pizz.com Click on this site. DO IT!.. This is the site of the man the myth the legend known as “The Pizz”. The Lord of Lowbrow, The Pizz
The Pizz has been around for centuries, it seems. You know his work when you see it: expressive paintings, hot rod art, Hustler Honeys, tiki bar art and the like.
Eschewing much of the limelight and glitzy marketing of many of his notable contemporaries, Pizz prefers to let his art speak for itself all the while staying true to his underground roots. All the while his art speaks volumes as he launches into various tirades and discourses on the state of the lowbrow nation.
You can discern Pizz’ tendency toward anti-socialism if you plug into some of his influences: Mad Comics, Zap Comics, loads of cartoons, but especially Tex Avery, van murals and hotrods, black light posters, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, The Stooges, Big Daddy Roth and Robert Williams. His art is not easily pigeon-holed (well, except for his obviously self-referential “Pizz Paintings”). His legend only grows as he continues to produce new artwork, most recently showing a new batch of paintings deemed “his best work yet” at the infamous La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood, CA.
If “Big Daddy” Ed Roth was the God of Lowbrow, Pizz is certainly the Lord of the movement. Original and creative, like Jesus, he leads by example with deft brushwork, luminous overlay of color and a keen artistic sensibility, conferring his message to his disciples like the second coming. Name a contemporary “lowbrow” artist who doesn’t revere The Pizz as one of his major influences. Go ahead, we dare you.
Known primarily as a painter, The Pizz has always explored other artistic avenues including magazine illustration, commercial design for television and computer animation. He has published tons of illustrations in Hustler Magazine. He was notorious a few years ago as the mastermind behind the Murder Trading Cards, which ended up gaining Pizz the attention of such media outlets as CNN.
As a commercial artist, The Pizz has designed a multitude of album covers including designs for Bad Religion, L7 and Slash Records, for which he did a famous comic booklet insert. His designs have graced books, comics, tattoo flash sets, t-shirts and more.
He shifted into overdrive with high octane designs for Big Daddy Roth studios, known for their “Rat Fink” character. Although the work was signed by Roth as all his famous 60’s designs done by other artists, the sneaky Pizz began hiding his distinctive PIZZ signature within the art itself.
A mainstay of the hot rod and tiki counter-culture movement, The Pizz is here to stay. His famous hot rod tiki design will soon grace an exclusive limited edition silk-screened poster for Poster Pop. In the meantime, check out all of the new, hot sticker designs Poster Pop has created. Don’t forget about The Pizz tattoo flash on the horizon. Poster Pop is proud to include The Lord of Lowbrow in our crew of artists.
