Fred Tomaselli: Monsters Of Paradise - Hardcover

Yau, John

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9780947912833: Fred Tomaselli: Monsters Of Paradise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0947912835 ISBN 13: 9780947912833

Publisher: James Cohan Gallery, 2005

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Unorthodox materials such as over-the-counter remedies, medicinal herbs, prescription pills and psychoactive plants are just some of the materials that make up artist Fred Tomaselli's collaged paintings. Others include cut-out photographs of flowers, insects and leaves from field guides and seed catalogues that jostle for attention with their carefully-pressed and preserved real-life counterparts. Whole figures crafted from magazine cut-outs of animals and body parts--nightmarish Archimboldo-esque hybrids--present Tomaselli's intensely personal vision of the universe. Moving between abstractions and figurations, Monsters of Paradise presents 32 visually exuberant works reproduced in glorious color, and provides a comprehensive view of Tomaselli's work from 1995 to today.

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