Philomena Marano

SPOOKARAMA / Coney Island, linocut, skull, signage, amusement park, pop culture

1986

Color Aid paper, Paint, Contemporary collage Hand cut color-aid paper Worked with Robert Indiana Philomena Marano has spent decades “penetrat[ing] th...

Silkscreen Edition of 125 + 1AP 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. Many are large-scale papier collé installations, a technique Marano learned from Robert Indiana in whose studio she formerly assisted. In conjunction with “American Dream Land,” in 1981 Marano and Richard Eagan co-founded the Coney Island Hysterical Society, which undertakes projects such as restoring old rides in response to the alarming rate at which they were shutting down in the fabled amusement park of their childhood. 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...

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...

Printmaking on Paper

Richard Mock, American (1944 - 2006) - Urban Renewal - Dum Dum Park, Year: 1999, Medium: Linocut on BFK Rives, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 80, Image Siz...

This piece titled "Cocaine Hurricane" is an original print by Raj Bunnag and is made from linocut. This piece measures 24.5"h x 44.5" without a frame. Raj Bunnag is an Thai America...

This piece titled "MWI" is an original print by Raj Bunnag and is made from linocut. This piece measures 24.5"h x 19"w without a frame. Raj Bunnag is a Thai American artist living ...

In the 1950s woodcuts were getting bigger and bigger. This one isn't gigantic, but at an image size of 17 x 11 inches it is substantial. And of course NYC's El Trains and their stati...