Having
painted space shuttles, the seascapes of Maine, and Christmastime symbols for U.S. stamps, Dean knows that art can permanently change us — which is why a Brooklyn restaurant worker proudly wears his fond memories of the Torpedo Factory for all to see.
Not exact matches
Capasso remembers, for example, that the external fuel tank of NASA's
space shuttle used to be
painted white.
Model jet fighters and even
space shuttle prototypes have been
painted with this stuff and tested in wind tunnels in an effort to make them fly better.
Trippy optical illusions created by Richard Anuskiewicz («Summer Sunset Reds,» 1982) and British artist Bridget Riley («
Shuttle II,» 1964) and an earlier op - art piece by Victor Vasarely («Ixion,» 1956) share the
space with color works by Ellsworth Kelly — beloved by the Atheneum as the first artist in its long - running MATRIX contemporary - art series — Barnett Newman, Paul Feeley and two of Josef Albers» «Homage to the Square»
paintings, which complement two works by John McLaughlin.
Regarding the source material for her new body of work, which merges
painting, digital, and printing processes, Linda states, «I'm working with images from the skin of one of the
Space Shuttles that failed in the 1990s.