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Amusement
Painting

1997
129 x 74 in. (327.66 x 187.96 cm)

Deborah Oropallo (Hackensack, New Jersey, 1954 - )

Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Council of 100
Accession Number: 1998.01

Exhibition


Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected
, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015, New Wing, Second Floor, North and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection
, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

How To: The Paintings of Deborah Oropallo, October 13, 2001 -February 10, 2002, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 22 -September 12, 1999, Second floor, New Wing, San José Museum of Art.

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Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected (2014-2015)

An example of Deborah Oropallo's "flat paintings," Amusement (1997) brings together digital imaging, printmaking, and traditional painting techniques. In a repetitive pattern, Oropallo silk-screened her images onto the canvas then painted over them with oil paint; the result is a dynamic, "push-pull" pictorial space. Here, the curve of a toy train track is flipped back-and-forth until a wave pattern emerges, and yellow ticket stubs crisscross into a basket weave. They seem like the things she passes by, plays with, trips over, picks up, puts away, and frets about every day—prosaic points of contact with her family and friends.


Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)

An example of Deborah Oropallo’s “flat paintings,” brings together digital imaging, printmaking, and traditional painting techniques. In a repetitive pattern, the artist silk-screens her images onto the canvas then paints over them with oil paint, resulting in a dynamic, “push-pull” pictorial space. The curve of a toy train track is flipped back-and-forth until a wave pattern emerges, and yellow ticket stubs crisscross into a basket weave. While the title and objects certainly suggest a range of interpretations, we have the more immediate sense that her choices are somewhat random—the lucky circumstances of her surroundings. They feel like the things she passes by, plays with, trips over, picks up, puts away, and frets about every day—prosaic points of contact with her family and friends.

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