Media ?Buzz?: New Paintings by Fred Tomaselli
Resin-encased collages capture the friction of two realities: A drug-like buzz of reading the news with the beauty of life & the universe.
New resin-encased collages by Fred Tomaselli capture the friction of two realities: The drug-like buzz of reading the news with the consistent beauty of life and the universe. His newest works are on view at the James Cohan Gallery in Tribeca while a fantastic 8-minute mini-documentary of the process and ideas can be viewed online (we’ve embedded it at the end).
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020
Fred Tomaselli at James Cohan Gallery, 2020
Born in California in 1956, Fred Tomaselli is well-known for incorporating real drugs into his paintings. Beginning in the early 90?s, he encased real pills (both over-the-counter and ?psychoactive?) and other materials within thick layers of clear resin to create colorful kaleidoscopic collages. Recently, Tomaselli has dropped the pills (though hemp leaves often remain) in exchange for a new type of ?buzz?: the onslaught of media headlines. Preserved in thick resin, fragments of The New York Times jump out as partial sparks of recognition or blur together in an overwhelming hum of never-ending chatter. Text swirls like a violent wind, pierces through clouds like sun rays or spirals like a hypnosis device.
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020 (detail)
Fred Tomaselli at James Cohan Gallery, 2020
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020 (detai...
New resin-encased collages by Fred Tomaselli capture the friction of two realities: The drug-like buzz of reading the news with the consistent beauty of life and the universe. His newest works are on view at the James Cohan Gallery in Tribeca while a fantastic 8-minute mini-documentary of the process and ideas can be viewed online (we’ve embedded it at the end).
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020
Fred Tomaselli at James Cohan Gallery, 2020
Born in California in 1956, Fred Tomaselli is well-known for incorporating real drugs into his paintings. Beginning in the early 90?s, he encased real pills (both over-the-counter and ?psychoactive?) and other materials within thick layers of clear resin to create colorful kaleidoscopic collages. Recently, Tomaselli has dropped the pills (though hemp leaves often remain) in exchange for a new type of ?buzz?: the onslaught of media headlines. Preserved in thick resin, fragments of The New York Times jump out as partial sparks of recognition or blur together in an overwhelming hum of never-ending chatter. Text swirls like a violent wind, pierces through clouds like sun rays or spirals like a hypnosis device.
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020 (detail)
Fred Tomaselli at James Cohan Gallery, 2020
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020
Fred Tomaselli, Untitled, 2020 (detai...
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