Paradise for a Tourist Brochure
1990
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View on museum website →Medium
acrylic, sawdust, and newspaper collage on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 167.64 × 152.4 cm (66 × 60 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Funds from The Ahmanson Foundation, and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2022.45.1
Art Historical Context
Freddy Rodríguez's *Paradise for a Touristure* (1990) is a vibrant mixed-media painting that measures an impressive 66 × inches, now housed in the National Gallery Art's CMC Department. Created on canvas with acrylic paints, sawdust, and newspaper collage this work exemplifies late-20th-century experimentation in texture and layering, blending traditional painting with everyday materials to create a tactile, multidimensional surface. The use of sawdust evokes organic, earthy qualities—perhaps hinting at tropical landscapes—while newspaper clippings introduce fragmented glimpses of contempora...