In "Reds, Whites, and the Blues" DiSalvo commemorates his visit to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. In this painting he fills his own silhouette with names of Vietcong who perished and includes the name of two of his family members whose deaths…
Eadem mutata resurgo (I Celebrate Myself)
CANTO LA MIA IDENTITA’
ESATTO COME ME STESSO E
QUANTO IO SUPPONGO
TI SUPPORRAI CHE PERCHE’
OGNI ATOMO CHE MI AP-
PARTIENE TI APPARTIENE
FEDI E SCUOLE MESSI DA
PARTE. SAZIO DI QUEL CHE
FURONO, MAI…
This biography of the artist Tom DiSalvo, shared in the 2020 virtual exhibit "Al di là delle reti / Beyond The Nets" describes the cultural influences and experiences that shape Tom DiSalvo's style as self-taught contemporary painter.
Tom DiSalvo photographed himself as a model in preparation for painting this 7X9 foot canvas in which he embraces his dying mother, reversing the roles of Michelangelo’s Pietà. Rosa is enveloped in a colorful crocheted blanket similar to those she…
Q’arikancha by Tom DiSalvo
The title of the actual image is in Quechua (Peruvian dialect) meaning ‘Golden Temple’
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