Frank Trankina is an American contemporary artist best known for his still - life paintings
of paper ephemera and toys arranged on shelves.
Drawing on inspirations ranging from Buddhism and American modernist painting to psychedelia and Amy Winehouse, Brooklyn - based painter Chris Martin (born 1954) «lets the paintings make themselves,» with often generously scaled canvases characterized by flat yet textured planes of bright, saturated color, frequently incorporating found materials and highly
personal paper ephemera.
Close Out also includes an installation of aluminum door pulls from long forgotten retailer Montgomery Ward; 1970s price label sheets from the former Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois; architect's renderings and plans; and a myriad of
other paper ephemera.
Nancy Topolski currently resides in Rochester, NY where she makes collages and books from discarded objects, book bindings, and vintage and
found paper ephemera.
Ratliff's surreal images are composed primarily of unrelated, curious, and
exotic paper ephemera, which he has collected and often saved for many years.
Her paintings and animations take in uence from fantasy -
related paper ephemera: money, lottery tickets, playing cards.
The March 14 show will also feature a public auction at 7:30 p.m. by Charles Kirtley offering tokens, medals,
paper ephemera, railroadiana, advertising, baseball cards, World «s Fair memorabilia and Americana.
If you identify mold or mildew on any of your books, magazines, or
paper ephemera, remove them from your collection immediately!
Contributed by Emil Gombos / Melissa Brown is a painter, printmaker, animator, and performance artist whose practice often centers around «
paper ephemera» and the manifestations of luck and chance.