studio e gallery delivers a jolt to the solar plexus with the March 13 - April 10, 2021 exhibit of twenty-nine new works by long-time Seattle artist Timothy Siciliano. The paintings in “Slouching Towards Possible Enlightenment” invite us to enter a waking dream, or nightmare. These medium- to large-scale paintings force an unconscious r
studio e gallery delivers a jolt to the solar plexus with the March 13 - April 10, 2021 exhibit of twenty-nine new works by long-time Seattle artist Timothy Siciliano. The paintings in “Slouching Towards Possible Enlightenment” invite us to enter a waking dream, or nightmare. These medium- to large-scale paintings force an unconscious reckoning with the transgressive aspects of our inner selves, those aspects we would rather turn away from but that nonetheless beckon us. Siciliano’s technical mastery and his gorgeous palette of the deepest blues, reds, yellows, greens, and hot pinks ease us into the imagery. And then upon focusing, we find ourselves in the disturbances, unable to look away. This is the power of the work, that at some point the question of “What is going on here?” becomes “How do I look at this work?” - Jean Tarbox
2013 show at The Archangel Gallery in Palm Springs, the politically and sexually charged “Donna Summer in Syria” explored the romance and ritualistic hype of war and violence. Working in acrylic gouache on paper, the work spliced iconic Disco Diva Donna Summers into a war torn psychedelic landscape littered with bodies and debris in Siciliano’s signature DayGlo palette. - Jean Tarbox
2010 exhibit, “Dongguan Highways Hot Pink,” at the Catherine Person Gallery in Seattle, Siciliano produced apocalyptic color explosions of surreal landscapes strewn with images of sacrifice and torture. Using the Donggaun Industrial Zone in China as a metaphor, he illustrated the discordant relationship of humanity’s continued environmental encroachment. - Jean Tarbox