Leonie Bradbury Writes for New American Paintings

February 27, 2013

Image: Anthony Palocci Jr. Installation at Lot F Gallery

Montserrat Galleries Director and Curator Leonie Bradbury has written a piece on the New American Paintings blog about alumnus Anthony Palocci Jr. ’09.

WHAT IT IS: PAINTINGS BY ANTHONY PALOCCI JR.

Anthony Palocci (NAP #104) is a thing painter. He likes to paint things, household objects mostly, such as phones, air conditioners and ovens. He likes to paint the things that he sees in his every day life. His latest work on view at Lot F Gallery in Boston features many items taken directly from the artist’s environment. One of the most striking paintings is a huge, blue and yellow tiled shower stall straightforwardly titled Shower, 2013. Palocci includes a bit of white tile floor and a small section of wall both of which add to the lifelike quality of the image. A perspectival tour de force, the painting’s vivid colors and irregular tile pattern invite you to step right in and get wet. Across from Shower hangs the equally graphic and large-scale Tub, 2012, which features a close-up view of the faucet, drain and knobs from inside the same shower stall. All of the elements are strikingly lit from above, the light causing brightly hued, contrasting shadows underneath each knob and faucet. The drain is painted is such a simplified, direct manner that it almost becomes a cartoon rendition.

– Leonie Bradbury

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