Name: Foreplay (Non-Finito) Reaching for the Moon
Brand: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt

Foreplay (Non-Finito) Reaching for the Moon

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About the Item

THOMAS LANIGAN-SCHMIDT has spent the last forty years breaking rules and tearing down barriers. His glittering mixed-media constructions speak directly to the kinds of experiences and issues most people prefer not to talk about at dinner parties – sex, class and religion. Born and raised in the multi-ethnic Catholic enclaves of Elizabeth and Linden, New Jersey, Lanigan-Schmidt’s work reveals a subtly articulated gay and working-class consciousness as well as an encyclopedic understanding of theological, philosophical and aesthetic ideas/ideals. His audacious mixed-media constructions and installations, stapled and taped from all manner of found material and glittering oddments, have given form to his experiences in the New York City environments of the Lower East Side and Hell’s Kitchen. He has been a pioneer both in his use of reflective and alternative materials (plastic, Mylar, colored foils, chenille stems, household staples) and in his unique confluence of aesthetics, religious and secular thought. His art celebrates gay sensibility and history not simply through the lens of homoeroticism, but through the more complex path of materiality and process. Lanigan-Schmidt’s new works are a continued exploration into the relationship between “high” and “low” culture. Drawing on the kinds of “collectible” souvenirs so often marketed to working and middle-class families (e.g. commemorative plates, figurines, decorative kitchen accessories and the like), the artist has created a series of collages based on common household placemats and potholders. These glittering and entirely non-functional objects are replete with images drawn from Hollywood movies, theological texts, commercial kitsch and personal mementos.

Creator:
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (1948, American)
Creation Year:
1986-87
Dimensions:
Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
Period:
20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU112120260

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