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Through Incisive Paintings, Toni Hamel Highlights Futile and Inadequate Responses to Global Issues
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“Ikebana VII ” (2023), oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches. All images © Toni Hamel, shared with permission
It may be human to err, but Toni Hamel 's characters take mistakes and futility to irrational conclusions. The artist is known for her keen wit and observations of contemporary life, which she translates into oil paintings that place folly at the center: a woman paints red stripes onto a tulip's petals, a man gestures toward a celestial Amazon logo, and a team numbers clouds suspended in the sky.
Many of Hamel's works comment on inadequate responses to major issues like the climate crisis...
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