Industrial Romance is a collection of abstract contemporary urban scapes built on the idea of transformation. The irony is that they are created from images of everyday encounters with subway handles, ATM machines, fire hydrants, construction sites, antique door knobs, sidewalk grates, security fences, and many other mundane details of daily street life.
Working with photographs he takes at specific urban locations, Tom deconstructs them stripping them down to their non-literal essence, then builds them back together creating colorful images with spatial illusions of motion, transparency and structure, much the way dreams construct impossible but wonderful interactions.
The images are produced on sheer glossy aluminum for lustrous depth and color reflective of their contemporary neoindustrial appearance. They have an immersive dimensional quality and are interactive with the light and space they inhabit.
Composite photographs, digital media
Dye sublimation on aluminum panels
Total edition: 18
48x72, edition of 3
40x60, edition of 5
30x45, edition of 5
Reserved edition of 5 for custom produced size requirements
2 AP
The metallic surface interacts with the environment and direction of light. They can be hung vertically or horizontally.