Papa 2, Mixed-Media, 2021
Daniel Friedman
Painting, Photography, Printmaking
The work presented in my solo/dual shows has been abstract painting addressing a variety of ideas and themes. I started out with the more whimsical idea of pixels as objects, Refugee Pixels (2018), and moved onto my dissatisfaction with our political/social milieu in Lost Ground (2019). I continued with abstract pain8ng that reflected my disgust with politics in Bollards (2021), which was conceived because I wanted to do a piece the width of the south wall of the gallery. Unfortunately, that was January 2021 and just a few people came to the galley in the midst of the pandemic.
I transitioned to painting on photographs, using family photos in my Family Coloring Book series for the show See/Saw (2022) and I’ve stuck with that technique for two more shows: Bodies of Water (2022) and Went With The Flow(2024).
I’m always looking for the next idea to ignite my imagination because I base my work on a central idea that determines how all the artwork in that series will look. I’m not sure where I am headed next artistically however It will likely be rendered in abstract painting because I like layering colors and dividing up space (but I don’t rule out different media).
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