Tony was taken from us way too early. But for his family and friends, he will always be here, in out hearts, souls and memories. A loving, joyful, curious, creative, whimsical, generous person, he always made each day brighter. In addition to the priceless memories, all of us are so lucky that he left us his artwork to enjoy forever. In one of his last writings about his work and his thoughts about life, he wrote: "I have the idea of getting older is much better than getting younger. Tomorrow is always better than today. I look forward to old manhood. Sometimes I ponder what eighty years old will bring. I think it will be sweet, and probably dangerous." He would have created so much more had he had that chance, and those who know and love him will miss him every single day. But the impression he left on all of us, as a son, brother, friend and artist, is the sweetest.
Rest easy, print son, brother, friend.
Artist Statement (Excerpt)
My work as a whole began with one subject in mind, a container. The initial problem became how literal or ambiguous the final solution should be. On one end there is a three-dimensional container or some sort of vessel structure that exists as a tangible object. The other end can be a solution on a two-dimentional surface depicting aspects of a container, or what a container could hypothetically be. The latter became the main focus. The second issue, which remains a priority in my thoughts, is filling the container. I want to give the sense of filling, or something filled, or something filled to a point, without using recognizable imagery. The notion of filling grew to include stacking, layering, repeating, covering, and or anything that might have a containing feature. Our landscape is our container. Stuff fills up our lives. There is routine and randomness, busy and quiet, night and day, full and empty. Sometimes there is a void, and sometimes that void needs to be filled. I find the contrast within these relationships to be quite interesting. Reacting to this contrast provided direction for the work to follow. I like to work in series, I tend to make several pieces in a row, which share a common format, palette choice, and method of execution, then grow to the next series, which might borrow particular elements from the previous body of work. The work is very obsessive, which is the nature of my art. I enjoy working with stencils and flat colors,and have always had aesthetic sympathies towards minimalism and monochromatic surfaces. Screen printing seems to be the correct process for producing the visual and conceptual solution I am looking for, and at times relief may join the cause.
"Realize the ability to build and keep building, quickly, and embrace every unusual." Anthony 1981-2011
Tony passed away October 10, 2011 from brain injuries resulting from a car accident.
To purchase "The Black Balloon: A Retrospective of the Life and Artwork of Anthony Bartholomew" go to www.indiemerch.com/anthonybartholomew
All proceeds will benefit the KSU-Zygote Post Graduate Residency. Contact www.zygotepress.com to purchase "The Youngstown Suite" which is a collection of 4 prints created by Anthony in 2004. Proceeds will also benefit the Residency. For any information about Anthony or his artwork, email Joe and Fran Bartholomew at tbirdfran@sssnet.com.
Artist Statement (Excerpt)
My work as a whole began with one subject in mind, a container. The initial problem became how literal or ambiguous the final solution should be. On one end there is a three-dimensional container or some sort of vessel structure that exists as a tangible object. The other end can be a solution on a two-dimentional surface depicting aspects of a container, or what a container could hypothetically be. The latter became the main focus. The second issue, which remains a priority in my thoughts, is filling the container. I want to give the sense of filling, or something filled, or something filled to a point, without using recognizable imagery. The notion of filling grew to include stacking, layering, repeating, covering, and or anything that might have a containing feature. Our landscape is our container. Stuff fills up our lives. There is routine and randomness, busy and quiet, night and day, full and empty. Sometimes there is a void, and sometimes that void needs to be filled. I find the contrast within these relationships to be quite interesting. Reacting to this contrast provided direction for the work to follow. I like to work in series, I tend to make several pieces in a row, which share a common format, palette choice, and method of execution, then grow to the next series, which might borrow particular elements from the previous body of work. The work is very obsessive, which is the nature of my art. I enjoy working with stencils and flat colors,and have always had aesthetic sympathies towards minimalism and monochromatic surfaces. Screen printing seems to be the correct process for producing the visual and conceptual solution I am looking for, and at times relief may join the cause.
"Realize the ability to build and keep building, quickly, and embrace every unusual." Anthony 1981-2011
Tony passed away October 10, 2011 from brain injuries resulting from a car accident.
To purchase "The Black Balloon: A Retrospective of the Life and Artwork of Anthony Bartholomew" go to www.indiemerch.com/anthonybartholomew
All proceeds will benefit the KSU-Zygote Post Graduate Residency. Contact www.zygotepress.com to purchase "The Youngstown Suite" which is a collection of 4 prints created by Anthony in 2004. Proceeds will also benefit the Residency. For any information about Anthony or his artwork, email Joe and Fran Bartholomew at tbirdfran@sssnet.com.
Anthony Bartholomew
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