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Anne Grgich
Born May 18, 1961, Harbor City, California. Now resides Seattle.
“Tortured psychological realism” is the name some have given to Anne Grgich’s unique style. However, the artist notes, “I love people.” She goes on to explain that she “collects faces in my mind and the faces I have stored up come out, depending on my mood. I couldn’t afford paint, so I collected art magazines and incorporated collage images into my work.” Grgich builds up her surfaces with a combination of paint and cutout images that give the viewer the feeling of looking through the skin of the portrait into the very soul of the subject. According to the artist, “the layers of surface give each face its mood and setting.”
Grgich admits to being influenced by the famous German constructivist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948). “He’d ride around on a bicycle collecting magazines,” she said, “and I do the same thing.” Grgich works on her kitchen table, putting together her collage portraits while she functions as a single parent. “I am proud of the fact that I can support us through the sale of art,” she declares.
Grgich is part of a younger generation of untrained artists who are, nevertheless, aware of academic art. Folk art styles and our understanding of them are constantly changing. It is our belief that collectors should also broaden their horizons and begin to recognize this next generation of artists, or they may fall behind as the field moves ahead.
*this entry was taken from: Rosenak, Chuck and Jan. Contemporary American Folk Art: a Collector’s Guide, p. 285. Abbeville Press, New York. 1996
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