Allan D'Arcangelo

In Landscape, dapper mid-century-esque people, buildings, and cars are sectioned off by bands of black tape. I was a bit perplexed when the RAC members included this work on their list for Listen!—it’s so old-school analogue. 

What were they seeing in it? It became clear this was a scene of containment, but one where an alternative reality could be imagined. A wall and a springboard. D’Arcangelo took prefabricated Letraset decals and playfully constructed a new landscape out of them, and perhaps even despite them. This helped me to see new possibilities within the limitations.

–Conor Moynihan, associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs