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Born 1956 Santa Monica, California. Known for: Assemblage, botanic abstraction on wood, collage.
A Brooklyn-based artist, Fred Tomaselli is known for large, optical paintings that incorporate substances such as blotter acid, Percodan, Nuprin and "speed." . He first emerged as an artist from the... Read full biography
A Brooklyn-based artist, Fred Tomaselli is known for large, optical paintings that incorporate substances such as blotter acid, Percodan, Nuprin and "speed." . He first emerged as an artist from the underground punk-rock scene in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. He came from a drug culture and has... Read full biography
A Brooklyn-based artist, Fred Tomaselli is known for large, optical paintings that incorporate substances such as blotter acid, Percodan, Nuprin and "speed." . He first emerged as an artist from the underground punk-rock scene in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. He came from a drug culture and has transposed the symbolism into his paintings, which he refers to as "eye candy." His goal is to make paintings that do things to your mind. Tomaselli paints on wooden panels, layering his surfaces with... Read full biography
A Brooklyn-based artist, Fred Tomaselli is known for large, optical paintings that incorporate substances such as blotter acid, Percodan, Nuprin and "speed." . He first emerged as an artist from the underground punk-rock scene in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. He came from a drug culture and has transposed the symbolism into his paintings, which he refers to as "eye candy." His goal is to make paintings that do things to your mind. Tomaselli paints on wooden panels, layering his surfaces with collaged elements that include a range of over-the counter medicines and hallucinogenic pills, to pot leaves or medicinal herbs. These materials, which are carefully arranged in various patterns that often spiral and explode across the shiny enamelled... Read full biography
A Brooklyn-based artist, Fred Tomaselli is known for large, optical paintings that incorporate substances such as blotter acid, Percodan, Nuprin and "speed." . He first emerged as an artist from the underground punk-rock scene in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. He came from a drug culture and has transposed the symbolism into his paintings, which he refers to as "eye candy." His goal is to make paintings that do things to your mind. Tomaselli paints on wooden panels, layering his surfaces with collaged elements that include a range of over-the counter medicines and hallucinogenic pills, to pot leaves or medicinal herbs. These materials, which are carefully arranged in various patterns that often spiral and explode across the shiny enamelled picture plane from a dense, centrifugal point are suspended under a thick layer of transparent, glassy resin. Tom... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Botany Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Site Santa Fe