Trash Landing Marilyn #12

Nate Lowman's *Trash Landing Marilyn #12* presents a haunting iteration of the iconic Marilyn Monroe image rendered in oil and alkyd on linen, where the familiar visage is filtered through a lens of decay and cultural detritus. The painting's surface texture and materiality evoke a sense of degradation, as though the pop culture myth has been worn down, discarded, and reclaimed from the margins. Lowman continues his exploration of American iconography and violence, using the Monroe image as a vessel for examining celebrity, mortality, and the corrosive passage of time.