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Fred Tomaselli — Apr. 29, 2009
Fred Tomaselli

Apr. 29, 2009

2010

Fred Tomaselli's *Apr. 29, 2009* is a vibrant gouache and collage work on printed watercolour paper, part of his ongoing series reimagining front pages of *The New York Times*. Tomaselli transforms the newsprint source with swirling, psychedelic overlays of painted flora, fauna, and organic forms that simultaneously obscure and recontextualize the day's headlines. The result is a tension between the urgency of current events and the artist's lush, hallucinatory embellishments, inviting viewers to reconsider how media shapes our perception of reality.

Medium
gouache and collage on printed watercolour paper

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Fred Tomaselli, Apr. 29, 2009, 2010

Fred Tomaselli's *Apr. 29, 2009* is a vibrant gouache and collage work on printed watercolour paper, part of his ongoing series reimagining front pages of *The New York Times*. Tomaselli transforms the newsprint source with swirling, psychedelic overlays of painted flora, fauna, and organic forms that simultaneously obscure and recontextualize the day's headlines. The result is a tension between the urgency of current events and the artist's lush, hallucinatory embellishments, inviting viewers to reconsider how media shapes our perception of reality.

Medium
gouache and collage on printed watercolour paper
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Psychedelic, Pop Surrealism, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Collage, American Artist, Current Events, Newspaper Art, Contemporary Art, Established Artist, Vibrant Colors, Gouache

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