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Arthur Tress | |||
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1940 in Brooklyn, NY Lives and works in New York |
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Their Cause in its Essence...New York, 1988 |
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the series Fishtank Sonata, 1987–90 15 x 15 inches (each image) 20 x 16 inches (each sheet) Gift of Drs. Antonio and Luz Racela 1997.25.2–16 |
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| Tress began taking photographs in high school, and
by the late 1950s he was theatrically staging his pictures. Inspired by
fantasy and Surrealism, his work has grown increasingly ambitious with
elaborately constructed sets and manipulated imagery. A 15-year project
titled The Wurlitzer Trilogy contains three series: Teapot
Opera, Fishtank
Sonata, and Requiem for a Paperweight. All Tress's works in the Museum's
collection are from the Wurlitzer Trilogy. |