Thomas Lail 'Untitled 540-21 (Map)'
Untitled 540-21 (Map), graphite on paper, 20x26.5" 2021
Artist Statement
Thomas Lail exhibits in the United States and internationally and is represented by One Mile Gallery. He has published numerous reviews and essays including two catalogue essays on the work of Robert Longo and publishes poetry and experimental writing through soundBarn Press. Since 1993, Thomas Lail has taught drawing and painting at Hudson Valley Community College, SUNY in Troy, NY. He is a recipient of numerous awards including a President's Award and the State University of New York Chancellor's Award, NYFA Special Opportunity Stipend awards as well as a Fulbright-Hays award from the United States Department of State.
Artist Bio
Thomas Lail’s large-scale xerographic and silkscreen paintings, drawings, and sculpture examine our persistent strivings and ideological failings in pursuit of a better world. Lail’s works reference fragments of images of idealized communities, protests, Edenic floral patterns, flags and maps often reproduced to degraded obscurity. Lail's images suggest both the fleeting physical presence and philosophical space of such structures-- their once-dreamed-future and the tumultuous moments that give rise to such dreams.
Untitled 540-21 (Map), graphite on paper, 20x26.5" 2021
Artist Statement
Thomas Lail exhibits in the United States and internationally and is represented by One Mile Gallery. He has published numerous reviews and essays including two catalogue essays on the work of Robert Longo and publishes poetry and experimental writing through soundBarn Press. Since 1993, Thomas Lail has taught drawing and painting at Hudson Valley Community College, SUNY in Troy, NY. He is a recipient of numerous awards including a President's Award and the State University of New York Chancellor's Award, NYFA Special Opportunity Stipend awards as well as a Fulbright-Hays award from the United States Department of State.
Artist Bio
Thomas Lail’s large-scale xerographic and silkscreen paintings, drawings, and sculpture examine our persistent strivings and ideological failings in pursuit of a better world. Lail’s works reference fragments of images of idealized communities, protests, Edenic floral patterns, flags and maps often reproduced to degraded obscurity. Lail's images suggest both the fleeting physical presence and philosophical space of such structures-- their once-dreamed-future and the tumultuous moments that give rise to such dreams.
Untitled 540-21 (Map), graphite on paper, 20x26.5" 2021
Artist Statement
Thomas Lail exhibits in the United States and internationally and is represented by One Mile Gallery. He has published numerous reviews and essays including two catalogue essays on the work of Robert Longo and publishes poetry and experimental writing through soundBarn Press. Since 1993, Thomas Lail has taught drawing and painting at Hudson Valley Community College, SUNY in Troy, NY. He is a recipient of numerous awards including a President's Award and the State University of New York Chancellor's Award, NYFA Special Opportunity Stipend awards as well as a Fulbright-Hays award from the United States Department of State.
Artist Bio
Thomas Lail’s large-scale xerographic and silkscreen paintings, drawings, and sculpture examine our persistent strivings and ideological failings in pursuit of a better world. Lail’s works reference fragments of images of idealized communities, protests, Edenic floral patterns, flags and maps often reproduced to degraded obscurity. Lail's images suggest both the fleeting physical presence and philosophical space of such structures-- their once-dreamed-future and the tumultuous moments that give rise to such dreams.