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Philomena MaranoPLAY, colorful, dynamic, kinetic mixed media paint and collage2021
2021
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To create PLAY the artist reached back and up cycled materials that she had worked with in the past. She combined sections of her archival pigment prints collaged with painted wood cut outs on a circle canvas and painted some areas in sign painters enamel paint which she had frequently used when she was sign painting in the Coney Island amusement park. PLAY is an amalgam of materials and iconography that Ms.Marano became most intimate with throughout her career- it's a vibrant, high spirited work eliciting joy and excitement.
Extensions reaching out from its circular body create a dynamic, uniquely shaped form that can sail or fly across your wall. The addition of the "THRILLS" sign is cut from an archival pigmented print edition of the same title, mounted on a wood cut out and applied on the lower left side. PLAY has a fun, mysterious and effervescent presence and is curious and magical at once making reference to major art influences: abstract art, collage and pop art.
- Creator:Philomena Marano (1952, American)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Diameter: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1339113102412
Philomena Marano
Philomena was raised in Brooklyn, just a stone’s throw from America’s most famous amusement park, Coney Island. She is most known for cut paper collage and limited edition prints in her acclaimed collection, “American-Dream-Land” in which she depicts both personal and universal themes in the rides, signs and attractions of her childhood playground. In 2017 , a move to Florida shifted her attention to the circus thrill shows of Sarasota. The precision, exhilaration and wonder embedded in the spectacle of these performances were a definite reminder of the fun and danger of the wondrous mechanical constructions in Coney Island; a continuity of earlier sensibilities. She acquired and honed her cut paper skills while working as an assistant to preeminent artist Robert Indiana in his New York studio on a prodigious cut paper project rendering set and costume designs for “The Mother of Us All”, Santa Fe Opera. In 2020, she was invited to give artist talks at the MFA St. Pete’s, FL. on her experiences working on the project in an exhibition titled: Art of the Stage: Picasso to Hockney where many of Indiana’s stage designs from “Mother” were displayed. Marano is co-founder of the Coney Island Hysterical Society, earned a BFA from Pratt Institute , and has been included in numerous galleries including Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn ,NY, ACA Gallery, NY, New York, Deutsche Bank, NY, New York, The DeLand Museum of Art, FL., Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL., and the Art Center Sarasota.
Her work is featured in Charles Denson’s book, “Coney Island, Lost and Found,”
Ten Speed Press, 2002, SRQ magazine, 2021 , Luxe Interior + Design, 2021, Between 2Two Shores, a UK based Literary & Art publication, 2021, among others
and is in many private and corporate collections including the Brooklyn Museum.
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