It is a Flag, indeed, Sir and in New York City. 36 x 48 acrylic on canvas
Tom Christopher Galerie Barbara von Stechow Frankfurt, Germany May 26 to June 19
It turns out painting a flag is a loaded subject and Jasper John’s owns it. You can’t look at a flag painting without thinking of him. Other art pitfalls are nostalgia, patriotism, irony and comedy. All quickly wear thin and get in the way of looking at the painting.
So, this is coming from a person who loves to stay in the shallow end, let’s just look at the flag as an object. Kind of like a hammer or a lightbulb or something. A decorated piece of canvas blowing in the wind.
Just paint and don’t think about it too much around it. Revolutionary, eh?
Satchmo at the Waldorf. A play by Terry Teachout
A Brutalist theater set design by Tom Christopher
The Schoolhouse Theater, Croton Falls, NY, May 23 to Jun 18th
One-man show in Tokyo and Osaka, Galerie Taménaga May 2023
“Tom Christopher has become to American painting what Count Basie or Duke Ellington became to American popular music, not completely jazz but owning much to Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus.”
Dr. Louis Zona, Director and Chief Curator, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio
