A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious! Fred Tomaselli funnyhilariouslot Change image and share on social
I like the idea of multidisciplinary conversations, so in that spirit, I try and make a contribution from the art world into the music world. Fred Tomaselli artcontributionconversation Change image and share on social
I wouldn't know any other way to live except to be an artist. I'm not very good at anything else. Fred Tomaselli artistgoodlive Change image and share on social
Art is really about perception, and mine have been changed through visiting other realities. Fred Tomaselli artchangemine Change image and share on social
I've come to believe in the primacy of form - the notion of art seducing you through your senses, through your eyeballs. Fred Tomaselli arteyeballform Change image and share on social
I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can. Fred Tomaselli conditionembraceexist Change image and share on social
I'm actually pretty smart when you get to know me. Fred Tomaselli prettysmart Change image and share on social
I kind of have a Victorian sensibility - I don't understand stuff until I can classify it and name it. Fred Tomaselli classifykindsensibility Change image and share on social
The small amount of people that control the discourse around painting - I thought that the whole museum world was just a bunch of phonies, and I didn't really want to have anything to do with it. I guess I did installations, in a funny way, because they couldn't be commodified. Fred Tomaselli amountbunchcommodify share on social
There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock. Fred Tomaselli 60samericanasian Change image and share on social