Tony Ingrisano

EmersonAcrylic Ink and Negative Space Lettering on Panel   2015   47"x45"  Image of the UU church used by Harvard's Divinity School when Emerson was a student, a hub of social and political daily life.  Buried into the surface are the words of Emerson's Nature essay urging a return to the natural world, which have been removed, leaving negative space and breakingapart the image.

Emerson (detail)   [pictured with shadowed light to highlight negative space of white on white text]

Emerson (detail)   [pictured with shadowed light to highlight negative space of white on white text]

6 on 6Acrylic Ink and Acrylic Paint on Paper   2015   53"x48"

This piece intertwines six of the world's busiest airport runways, and those cities corresponding mass transit lines.  Airports depicted: Istanbul Ataturk; Chicago O'Hare; Beijing CAI; Tokyo Haneda; Hong Kong Intl.; and LAX.

6 on 6  (detail)

6 on 6  (detail)

Perspective Patterns  Acrylic Ink and on Paper   2015   38"x33"

Heathrow Star  Acrylic Ink on Paper   2015   34"x31"

Omaha  Acrylic Ink on Paper    2015   44"x42"

Endless Perspective  Acrylic Ink on Paper  2015  48"x45"

Perspective Mapping  Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged (see process)  2014   48"x46"

Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged (see process)  2014   43"x41"

Aerial Cartography 6Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged  2014   44"x44"

Imagined aerial view of river and surrounding farmlands.

Aerial Cartography 4Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged 2014   48"x43"

Imagined aerial view of river and surrounding farmlands.

Aerial Cartography 7Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged 2014   44"x44"

Imagined aerial view of river and surrounding farmlands.

IAV1   Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged

2014   53"x42"

Imagined aerial view of river and surrounding farmlands.

CuscoAcrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged

2014   42"x40"

6 views of rooftops climbing the hillside of Cusco, Peru, with an overlay local insect specimen plates.

Chartres   Acrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged 

2014   40"x48"

Skeletal image of Chartres Cathedral

LAndmarksAcrylic Ink on Paper, Cut and Rearranged

2014   44"x42"

Two city views of Frankfurt overlaid with L.A.'s Gerald Desmond Bridge and Getty Center footprint, connecting the two cities I had most recently traveled to.