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Philomena Marano
Luna's Tire Shop, Urban, cut paper collage, playful, industrial, tires, framed

2018

$1,200

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LUNA'S TIRE SHOP : Hand cut paper on heavy weight gessoed watercolor paper, framed in flat gray painted wood & plexi. Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute, is an intimate of the visual poetry of Coney Island, created the winning poster for the first Spirit of Brooklyn poster competition, and is a master of papier collé, the elegant cut paper technique she learned as a studio assistant to preeminent artist Robert Indiana. Her series, FLAT FIX elevates the often un-noticed gritty tire shops she has discovered during her walks through a bleak industrial area to her Brooklyn studio. "They suddenly stood out like little carnivals, red and yellow cones and signs, tumbledown but full of interesting graphics. I rendered them with as few forms as possible leaving the viewer's eyes to complete the scene." There are 12 images in the FLAT FIX series. Marano’s acclaimed series, “American- Dream-Land,” a decades-spanning project of papier collé originals and limited edition prints, penetrates the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and gritty raw excitement. Her work has been exhibited by Tabla Rasa Gallery, ACA Galleries NY, by Prince Street Gallery NY, Smart Clothes Gallery NY, the Municipal Art Society, the Museum of the City of New York, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Coney Island Museum among others in the New York area and at the George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco and also at the DeLand Museum of Art in Florida. Her work is represented in private, corporate and museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum. “American Dream-Land” and Marano’s work as a co-founder (with artist Richard Eagan) of the Coney Island Hysterical Society were featured in Charles Denson’s award-winning book “Coney Island Lost and Found” (Ten Speed Press, Berkeley/Toronto, 2002). Additional publications featuring Marano and “American Dream-Land” include Amusing the Zillion, 24/7 Magazine, the New York Times, the Daily News and others. Her current work expands into the larger city, exposing elements of urban life: the underappreciated grace of an out-of-the-way tire shop; the disquieting lure of an exit sign at night. In addition to creating papier collé images for this examination of the city’s overlooked beauty, she is also working on a cut-paper animation, “Take Me There,” a fantasy inspired by both her early train rides to Coney Island and a proposal for the Franklin Avenue subway. The ”Take Me There” trailer is posted for viewing on You Tube. Born in Brooklyn, NY Lives & works in Brooklyn, NY and in Sarasota, Florida

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