Fred Tomaselli: Monsters of Paradise Book

Unorthodox materials such as over-the-counter remedies, medicinal herbs, prescription pills, and psychoactive plants, are just some of the materials that make up artist Fred Tomaselli's collaged paintings. Others include cut-out photographs of flowers, insects, and leaves from field guides and seed catalogues that jostle for attention with their carefully-pressed and preserved real-life counterparts. Whole figures crafted from magazine cut-outs of animals and body parts--nightmarish, Archimboldo-esque hybrids--present Tomaselli's intensely personal vision of the universe. Monsters of Paradise, while moving between the artist's abstractions and figurations, presents 32 visually exuberant works reproduced in glorious color, and provides a comprehensive view of Tomaselli's work from 1995 to today. Introduction by Fiona Bradley. Essays by John Yau, Fred Tomaselli and Jonathan Lethem. Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in./95 pgs / Illustrated throughout.Read More