John Balossi: A Sculptor's Vision of Explosive Color John Balossi (May 28, 1931 – April 8, 2007) was an American sculptor and painter born in New York City. He pursued a distinguished artistic career marked by explorations into equine imagery and a distinctive approach to color—characterized as “shouting,” “blunt,” and “almost like a volcanic eruption”—that cemented his place within the landscape of Abstract Expressionism and Puerto R…