Tim McFarlane's Tomorrow's Conversations series explores the fluid inconsistencies of memory and time in which manufactured environments impact changes in human communication. His work focuses on the ongoing remaking of public and personal spaces, where graffiti and other evidence of life patterns coexist. Each print in the series of 54 images is distinct yet created from the same set of woodcut plates.From the Artist
Tomorrow's Conversations grew out of a desire to expand my painting practice using the glyph imagery that I have developed over time. The glyphs were the result of being interested in using text in my paintings but not wanting viewers reading the paintings. I wanted them to function as a form of communication, but not having inherent meanings, like asemic writing. The glyphs function partly as a formal pictorial device while alluding to communication but retain a bit of mystery as to meaning. The viewer is left to ponder possible meanings. This series takes a finite number of drawings turned to woodblock plates and pushes the number of variations that could be made with color and formal compositions.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
Tim McFarlane is a painter based in Philadelphia. He is a 1994 graduate of Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia. McFarlane's paintings and works on paper examine the fluid and contradictory nature of memory and pl...
Read More ⟶