Salomon Contemporary presents Freedom, a solo exhibition of works by Richard Pasquarelli. Within seven stylized paintings, Pasquarelli applies his signature high contrast color palette and foreboding subject matter to create images based on contemporary realities. By taking photographs and painstakingly recreating them in oil, Freedom focuses on a real-life horror story that is no longer cinematic, but rather a literal effect of overconsumption in America. While his past works often evoke an ambiguous mixture of pending misfortune ... Read more

Salomon Contemporary presents Freedom, a solo exhibition of works by Richard Pasquarelli. Within seven stylized paintings, Pasquarelli applies his signature high contrast color palette and foreboding subject matter to create images based on contemporary realities. By taking photographs and painstakingly recreating them in oil, Freedom focuses on a real-life horror story that is no longer cinematic, but rather a literal effect of overconsumption in America. While his past works often evoke an ambiguous mixture of pending misfortune and unease, in Freedom, Pasquarelli also examines the after effects of a society plagued by excess.

Richard Pasquarelli was born in Bronxville, New York and received his B.F.A. at Syracuse University. He has exhibited at galleries in New York, Norway, Paris, Madrid, and Los Angeles. In 2010, Pasquarelli collaborated with New York City’s Downtown Alliance art initiative, Re:Construction, and transformed construction sites with his installations, Restore the View, Secret Gardens, and Hours of the Day. His paintings have been shown at the Miami Art Museum, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Chelsea Museum, the Jersey City Museum, and the Islip Art Museum. His work is a part of many corporate, public, and private collections throughout the world including the U.S. Library of Congress, Bayerische Landesbank, General Dynamics Inc., The Zabludowicz Collection, MacAndrews Forbes Holdings, Progressive Insurance, and the World Trade Center Memorial Museum.