| Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New
England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban.
Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie
marquees, or the advertising on a pancake house are all the urban
symbols he utilizes to construct his complex paintings. He ferrets out
the architectural details, symbols, and letter fragments of facades
from the 1940s and '50s, giving us a glimpse of a true American folk
art; garish, tr (showing 500 of 9297 characters). |
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