Paintings By Liz Goldberg and Raymond Ercoli

Liz Goldberg working with Raymond Ercoli

Painting, Drawing, Printing

Animation for Dance

 

Liz Goldberg and Raymond Ercoli collaborate seamlessly to produce animation, painting, and graphics based on Diva, Divo, and Dance.  Their art is experimental and lighthearted -- a fusion of two strong personalities, blending line, surface texture, and movement resulting in a crossover between painting and film.  They are currently working on a multimedia dance performance with the Melanie Stewart Dance Company, where the animation will become a living environment as dancers move through in a postmodern Tango.

Their latest animated film is about the Divas and Divos of Flamenco, and the flamboyant personality and empowerment they represent.  The film is an interaction of color, line, and gesture; and the complex suggestive depiction of character motivation is developed through graphic means.  Meticulously crafted, their films are hand-drawn and painted --requiring thousands of drawings; and, many of the large scale drawings and paintings in the "Divas and Divos" series (by Goldberg and the  "Video Portraits Series" byGoldberg-Ercoli ) have become cells in the film.  Together, these powerful artists have created a captivating Crossover: an interwoven theatrical visual dance that is sensual, rhythmic, and profound.

 

 

 

“DIVOMENCO POP”
Artist Liz Goldberg has developed many of her large scale DIVA and DIVO paintings into animated films requiring thousands of drawings. Now with Ray Ercoli, graphic designer, they have created a theatrical visual dance that is sensual, rhythmic, profound and beautiful using the diversity of the interwoven factors that have shaped FLAMENCO. is a short animated film about the DIVAS and DIVOS of FLAMENCO, the flamboyant personality and empowerment they represent. The film is an interaction of color, line, and gesture and the complex suggestive depiction of character motivation through graphic means.

 RAYMOND ERCOLI
 now teaches fashion illustration at Philadelphia University and the Art Institute of Philadelphia.
　 has been at it since 1979, when as a Glassboro State(now Rowan University) fine art undergrad, he won Philly icon Zipperhead’s name the store contest. ( he also designed the logo). His mens’ and womens’ fashions- carried by over 1000 specialty boutiques as well as Bloomingdale’s, Barney’s , Urban Outfitters and Fred Segal L.A.- have been featured in Details, Mademoiselle, and Vogue. Raymond costumed dance and theater including the Fringe Festival productions of Claire in 2007, Q in 2002 and In My Body 2010.　

DIVOMENCO POP

Animation: 5min. 35 sec. 2011

 

BY RAYMOND ERCOLI and LIZ GOLDBERG