Oscar Demejo Born in Trieste, Italy in 1911, de Mejo had degrees in both Law and Political Science. A believer in the occult and in particular the I Ching, he even chose his art dealer, Ken Nahan according to the I Chings advice. De Mejos one constant obsession since boyhood had been painting. After World War II, he married the movie star Alida Valli and they came to the United States. After a stint as a jazz composer, Oscar finally returned to his first love - painting. Oscar deMejos paintings are a mesmerizing mixture of the naive and the sophisticated, the literal and the outlandish. His witty, whimsical depictions of American life are immediately engaging, but upon closer observation their complexity becomes fully apparent, and his unique brand of surrealism is revealed. The myriad irrational and incongruous details that fill his works prod both the concious and unconcious mind.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:20:51 +0000
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