Duro-Verde (Primary Title)
Ed Paschke, American, 1939 - 2004 (Artist)
“My recent paintings have become a kind of orchestration of electronic impulses fluttering between 3-D and 2-D or substance and lack of it.” —Ed Paschke
Like other Chicago Imagists, Paschke often turned to mass media for inspiration and ideas. In early works, he scoured poster bills and magazines for images of outsiders such as wrestlers, prostitutes, and circus performers. In later works, such as Duro-Verde, Paschke turned to electronic media. Here the green pall and pulsating background pattern suggest television’s glow and hum.
For Paschke, television symbolized a disaffected society for whom the distance between reality and representation had dissolved. At the same time, he understood the escape television offered from this disaffection through its dramas and fantasies. The tension that permeates Duro-Verde, from the curious actions of the figures to the foreboding masked faces, reflects Paschke’s anxiety over this contemporary dilemma.
Contemporary Art from the VMFA, Muscarelle Museum, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, September 30 – November 15, 1987
Selections from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection of the VMFA, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, March 29 – May 10, 1987
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation Collection of Late 20th Century Art, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA, February 27 – March 27, 1985; Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA, April 5 – May 1, 1985; The Atheneaum, Alexandria, VA, May 7 – June 2, 1985
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation Collection, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, December 5, 1978 – January 8, 1979; Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 22 – May 2, 1979; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN, December 2, 1979 – January 27, 1980; Dupont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, February 18 – March 21, 1980; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, September 21 – November 9, 1980; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, November 23, 1980 – January 18, 1981; Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Stephens Point, Stephens Point, WI, January 27 – March 15, 1981; Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, April 1 - May 31, 1981; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, November 14, 1982 – January 16, 1983; University Memorial Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, January 30 – March 13, 1983; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, March 25 – May 29, 1983; Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA, November 6 - December 17, 1983; Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV, June 2 – August 18, 1984; Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, August 31 – October 16, 1981; Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, November 15, 1981 – January 10, 1982; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, January 31 – March 14, 1982; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, March 28 – May 30, 1982; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, September 10 – October 31, 1982
Ed Paschke, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 16 – October 14, 1978
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