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Toni HamelI'm Going to Graceland - surreal, figurative, contemporary, oil on canvas2022
2022
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This contemporary oil painting by Toni Hamel features an Elvis statue in a surreal setting.
Toni Hamel creates worlds that, true to the surrealist genre, offer a unique, imaginative and alternate vision of reality. Her paintings are often imbued with humour, even satire, to depict people and events that are icons of pop culture. This piece features the famous 1950s-60s American singer, Elvis Presley, guitar in hand, as a statue, installed in the middle of a desert. A family of four, leashed dog in tow, stands looking up at the enormous statue. The back end of a travel trailer can be seen on the edge of the frame.
The colours are muted—grays, blues, earth tones, and white. The painting itself is a tondo—the round framing gives the impression of the view through a camera lens. Hamel is often influenced by the sixties popular culture she grew up with, and music plays a big part in that.
(This painting was) “Inspired by Paul Simon's popular song "Graceland": pilgrimages to historically sacred sites have now been replaced by visits to locales made famous by popular culture. Elvis is bigger than Jesus, don't you know.” Toni Hamel
Toni Hamel was born in Italy in 1961. In the early 1980s, she acquired a BFA from
the Accademia di Belle Arti of Lecce in Italy. Upon arriving in Canada, she furthered her studies and attained a post-graduate Certificate in Computer Graphics from Sheridan College (Canada, 1991).
The recipient of several awards, among others, she received the Golden Key National Honour Society Award from the University of Toronto (Specialist Programme in Psychology, 1997) and the Lubiam Prize (Milan, 1983).
Her work has been exhibited in public and commercial galleries in Canada, the USA, and Europe. It is included in the public collections of Mr. J.J. Abrams, Ms. Whoopi Goldberg, Ms. Julia Roberts, the Archives of Ontario/Government of Ontario, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, the Omer DeSerres Corporation, as well as many private international collections. Toni Hamel lives and works in Kingston, Ontario.
- Creator:Toni Hamel (Canadian)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29116692082
"I describe my work as an illustrated commentary on human frailties or, more precisely, as a compendium of unintended consequences. Rooted in storytelling, my art practice draws from personal experiences and outward observations to create thematic bodies of work that reflect on and interpret the psychological unease of our anthropocentric age. Pointing to historical references, popular culture and personal environmental concerns, my satirical narratives ultimately question our behaviour while alerting us about the repercussions of our actions." Toni Hamel Born in Italy in 1961, Toni Hamel acquired a BFA at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Lecce in Italy (1983). In her early twenties, she moved to Canada and furthered her studies, attaining a post-graduate Certificate in Computer Graphics from Sheridan College (Canada, 1991). Hamel is the recipient of three Ontario Arts Council grants (2011, 2012, 2013), the Golden Key National Honour Society Award from the University of Toronto (Specialist Programme in Psychology, 1997), the Lubiam Prize (Milan, 1983) and many other awards. Her work is regularly featured in Canadian and international Arts & Culture magazines, and it has been extensively exhibited in public and commercial galleries and art fairs in Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. Among other international private collections, Toni Hamel's work can be found in the homes of Mr. J.J. Abrams, Ms. Whoopi Goldberg, and Ms. Julia Roberts. Public collections include the Archives of Ontario/Government of Ontario, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, and the Omer DeSerres Corporation. Toni Hamel lives and works in Kingston, Ontario.
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