Hi you’ve entered the world of Bion Diaz, artist, musician and coffee addict. I have lived in New York City, San Francisco, Western Massachusetts, Paris France, and now live in “Gotham'“ Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I have a degree in fine arts and some music lessons under my belt but most of my education has been in the school of life. I have worked in mainstream and fringe theater, as a professional musician, a painter, and an engineer/ producer since the 80’s among some of the best in the business. This site is mainly a gallery of paintings done in the last 15 or so years- For more solo music go to biondiaz.bandcamp.com to listen or buy. Also check out my last band Krunkelstiltskin at ITunes and Bandcamp, or the Ron Anderson/ Molecules site at Bandcamp for a (literal) blast from the past.
My artistic “project/object” is all about revealing magic in the mundane. Materials are repurposed, accidents encouraged, things are reconfigured in nonsensical ways.. The odd details become the main show. The idea is to jolt peoples consciousness into seeing old things a new way. The hope is that once this happens it can influence other aspects of life, we become more open minded and imaginative.
Here is a list of influences to give you an idea of where I’m coming from:
Charles Ives (Homeboy!!), Surrealists (Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington), DADA, Frank Zappa, Punk Rock!!! (Buzzcocks, PIL, The Clash, Bad Brains), Jung, Alchemy, Fluxus (Nam June Paik), Banksy, Wild Style (Much Love Lady Pink), COMIX (Zap, Raw), Bernard Herrmann, Lewis Caroll, Wind in The Willows, Paul Reubens, Psychedelia (Ken Kesey, Steven Gaskin) Hip-Hop (Gang Starr, PE, Native Tongues, Beasties, El-P), DJ's (Prince Paul,Madlib,Avalanches) William Burroughs, Canterbury Scene (Gong , Hatfield and The North, Henry Cow), RIO Scene, Japan (Boredoms, Kurasawa, Anime) English Comedy (Monty Python, The Mighty Boosh) Modern Classical (Varese, Stravinsky, "Les 6"), John Cage!, Curzio Malaparte, Bowie and Pop, Prog (Hammill, Crimson, Gabriel), John Waters, Star Wars, RUN-DMC!, The SF WEIRD Scene (Residents, Chrome) and post WEIRD (Caroliner, 3 Day Stubble, Thinking Fellas), Adult Swim (Aqua Teen, Sealab, Metalocolypse) Bill Hicks, Futurism/Constructavism, German Expressionism (George Grosz, Max Beckmann), Hubert Selby, WPA Art, Ursula K. LeGuin, Classic Rock (All the usual names..), American New Wave (Talking Heads, DEVO!! B52s) English New Wave (Ian Dury, XTC, The Fall), Malcolm X, Jazz (Mingus, Coltrane) More Jazz (Herbie Hancock, Eric Dolphy) Free Jazz (Sun Ra)!, George Clinton and P-FUNK!!,Funk and Soul (Ohio Players, Marvin, Stevie Wonder, Sly), The History of Animation (Warner Bros, George Pal, Simpsons), Horror Movies (John Carpenter, Sam Raimi) Kung Fu Movies, Samurai Movies, Alfred Jarry, Marquis De Sade, Ernie Kovacs, Jim Henson, Sidartha, Drag Culture, Robert Moog and John Chowning, HP Lovecraft, ENO, Nicolai Tesla, Cartoons (Walt Kelley, Charles Schultz)), Raymond Lowery, Alice Cooper, Robert Wyatt, Vivian Stashall, Romantics, Dutch Masters, El Greco, Goya, Van Gogh, The Hudson River School, JW Turner, Fania All-Stars, Eddie Palmieri, The Indigeous Music and Art of Everywhere
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