Anthony Falcetta’s work speaks a language of texture, vivid color, line, and hard-edged shape, reflecting his experience of inhabiting constructed spaces and the urban/suburban environment. Dedicated to improvisation within the structures of his paintings, Anthony draws inspiration from many places — mundane objects, street architecture, commercial signage, interior and exterior spaces, or even the usual debris of the studio. The languages and internal logics of these everyday elements are brought into the work, layered and transformed, creating painting-situations that are responded to materially, in action.
The work stakes out a space in the triangle of what is observed and experienced, what is felt and remembered, and what can be contained in paintings made of simple abstract elements. Viewers are free to travel within this painting-space, and make connections and discoveries of their own.
Originally from Manchester, CT, Anthony is a 2001 honors graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and lives and works in Beverly, Massachusetts. His work has been exhibited around New England, in New York City, Denver and elsewhere, and is included in various private and corporate collections.