Twin Towers series

The destruction of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11 2001 was truly horrifying in its human, social and physical aspects. The widespread documentation of this event and its aftermath produced a variety of graphic images of unprecedented power and intensity that time has only magnified.

Drawing on published pictorial images of the burning and subsequent collapse of the twin towers, I have attempted to capture in these paintings some of the emotional power of this event, reflecting the dramatic initial impact of the disaster in a very broadly chronological sequence.

Three of these paintings, all using acrylic paint on unprimed canvas, were painted in 2002, and are illustrated below:

 

Twin Towers: the Burning

(2002) 60"x54". nfs

 

Twin Towers: the Collapse

(2002) 55" x 30" $2400.

 

Twin Towers: the Plume

(2002) 57"x35". $2500.

I have followed up the paintings with a series of color monoprints (one of a kind)

Shown below is the initial group, completed in 2005 and based on the first painting: Twin Towers: the Burning

         

all prints are 12" x 18" priced at $250.00 each, matted & unframed. $1000.00 the set of five.

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©2003 by richard d. perry

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