Anthony Coleman

ANTHONY COLEMAN

ANTHONY COLEMAN (B. 1969) IS A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST, BORN AND RAISED IN PHILADELPHIA. INSPIRED AT A YOUNG AGE TO CREATE ART, HE FOUND EXPRESSION THROUGH THE USE OF VARIED AND CONVENIENT MEDIUMS SUCH AS SCRAPS OF PAPER, NAPKINS, NEWSPAPERS, AND DISCARDED PIZZA BOXES. INFLUENCED GREATLY BY THE SEMINAL CARTOONS AND POP ART FROM THE 1970S AND ‘80S, COLEMAN CONTINUES TO RE-IGNITE A VIBRANT PERSPECTIVE ON MODERN FOLK. BY ABSTRACTING AND RE-IMAGINING THESE RECOGNIZABLE FIGURES FROM CINEMA, COMICS, AND MUSIC, HE PRESENTS A PLAYFUL VISION OF ICONIC CHARACTERS. USING COLORED PENCIL AND GRAPHITE, THE STYLISTIC FLATTENING AND METAMORPHOSIS OF THE SUBJECTS CREATE ECCENTRIC AND SOMETIMES HUMOROUS PORTRAITS. EXAGGERATED FEATURES AND AN ENERGETIC TREATMENT OF LINE AND COLOR BRING COLEMAN’S WORK INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN IDOLATRY AND NOSTALGIA.

 

TOGETHER, duo exhibition
NOW NOW, group exhibition