By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ltd ed archival pigment print., ed 50
Original art was created as part of Marano's"American-Dream-Land," Coney Island series and later
translated to an edition.
Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] the soul of Coney Island to reveal its twin promises of candy-colored paradise and garishly ornate nightmare,” as Ann Aptaker describes, through the prints and cut-paper collage in her “American Dream-land” series (1979-). These colorful, graphic style works evoke the energy and amusement of Coney Island through depictions of the rides, the boardwalk, clowns, and food vendors.
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...
Category
Hard-Edge Early 2000s Art
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment