Hello My Name Is

2019. Edition of 550 18” x 24” (46 x 61cm) Screen-print on Speckletone cream paper Signed and numbered in pencil "I have been looking back through art and photos from my 30 year history as I work on the art for my 'Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent' show and I was inspired to make a painting and print inspired by a photo I took of a 'Hello My Name Is' paste-up I did in SOHO NYC back in early 1996. At that time I was still living in Providence R.I. running my screen printing studio, barely scraping by financially. I was desperately trying to survive but also kept putting my imagery up in the streets. I had recently fallen in love with Russian Constructivist design, which along with Barbara Kruger's art, and much of American advertising, used primarily red, black, and white, so I began designing in those colors to keep my art cost-effective and visually cohesive. I was screen printing posters in red and black ink on white paper, but I was ecstatic when a friend and zine maker B