Monday, March 16, 2020, 2020
Acrylic, gouache, photo collage, and archival inkjet print on watercolor paper
15 1/2 x 16 in (paper size)
39.4 x 40.6 cm
11 1/2 x 12 inches (image size)
29.2 x 30.5 cm
39.4 x 40.6 cm
11 1/2 x 12 inches (image size)
29.2 x 30.5 cm
Edition of 80 plus 20 artist's proofs
$ 2,500.00
The image from March 16, 2020 is particularly striking, and Tomaselli has said, “This picture is the first one I did [in quarantine]. This woman is walking into the unknown....
The image from March 16, 2020 is particularly striking, and Tomaselli has said, “This picture is the first one I did [in quarantine]. This woman is walking into the unknown. I wanted to make her really stark and make her really isolated, but I also wanted to talk about hope.”
Since 2005, Tomaselli has engaged in an ongoing body of works on paper that transforms the front page of The New York Times. Like his resin paintings–with which they have become increasingly intertwined–the Times collages are the product of a friction between the escapist impulse of artmaking and the crises of the world beyond the studio walls. In March of this year, while in quarantine, Tomaselli once again turned to the covers of The New York Times to create a new body of work that attempts to grapple with the enormity of the moment. The surreal compositions are ruminations on the absurdity of news cycles and provide the artist a space to respond to a variety of issues, from regional political squabbles to a global pandemic. As Tomaselli notes, “I think that maybe the Times collages are quietly political, in that I can riff on anything I want, while the horrors of the world become the background buzz. Maybe I’m saying that the world may be going to hell, but I still keep painting.”
A portion of proceeds from sales will benefit RISE, the Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity. Please visit their website for more information: https://www.riserockaway.org/rise/
Since 2005, Tomaselli has engaged in an ongoing body of works on paper that transforms the front page of The New York Times. Like his resin paintings–with which they have become increasingly intertwined–the Times collages are the product of a friction between the escapist impulse of artmaking and the crises of the world beyond the studio walls. In March of this year, while in quarantine, Tomaselli once again turned to the covers of The New York Times to create a new body of work that attempts to grapple with the enormity of the moment. The surreal compositions are ruminations on the absurdity of news cycles and provide the artist a space to respond to a variety of issues, from regional political squabbles to a global pandemic. As Tomaselli notes, “I think that maybe the Times collages are quietly political, in that I can riff on anything I want, while the horrors of the world become the background buzz. Maybe I’m saying that the world may be going to hell, but I still keep painting.”
A portion of proceeds from sales will benefit RISE, the Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity. Please visit their website for more information: https://www.riserockaway.org/rise/