Emily Tironi
The Beggar with the Crutches and the Pouch, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, shelf liner), 24” x 12”. $100
The Beggar Leaning on his Cane, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, mulberry paper), 24” x 12”. $100
The Beggar with a Rosary, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, shelf liner), 24” x 12”. $100
The Beggar on Crutches Wearing a Bonnet, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, mulberry paper), 24” x 12”. $100
Website: https://emilytironi.wixsite.com/ettdesigns
New York, USA
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, shelf liner), 24” x 12”. $100
The Beggar Leaning on his Cane, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, mulberry paper), 24” x 12”. $100
The Beggar with a Rosary, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, shelf liner), 24” x 12”. $100
The Beggar on Crutches Wearing a Bonnet, 2025
Mixed media collage on canvas (cardstock, tulle, acrylic paint, mulberry paper), 24” x 12”. $100
Website: https://emilytironi.wixsite.com/ettdesigns
New York, USA
ABOUT THE ARTWORK:
This series uses Jacques Callot’s etchings from his series, The Beggars (1620) to look at the dehumanization and demonization of the poor and disabled that we are seeing today.
STATEMENT:
I am a mixed media collage artist with a disability. I often like to focus on disability in my work through a societal and cultural lens. Collage, as the art of putting materials and images together to create a new and different whole, is a fitting medium for this subject. I collect images relating to a specific topic from a variety of sources and then add and layer them into a composition, often adding color throughout the process with gel sticks and other mediums. I combine bold, bright colors with graphic images to immerse the viewer in my concept and give them something new to see. By doing this, I hope to challenge societal norms and stereotypes.
DESCRIPTION
The Beggar Series:
Four panels of brightly colored silhouettes of classic beggars.
On the left is a beggar in a cape with two crutches and a small pouch. The background is aqua blue and the body is striated with peach and coral.
The second beggar leans on a cane. The background is bright orange and the body and cane are made up of blurry blocks of purple, magenta, gold, and pale green speckled with tiny white spots.
The third beggar has a long skirt and a head scarf and carries a cane and a rosary. This background is bright pink and the body and accessories are striated in blurry pale greens with tiny white speckles on the upper body.
On the far right is a beggar with a bonnet, a long skirt, and a crutch. The background is acid green and the body is striated in blurred purples, magenta, bright pink, and blue with tiny speckles of white.
Art description by A. Laura Brody
Four panels of brightly colored silhouettes of classic beggars.
On the left is a beggar in a cape with two crutches and a small pouch. The background is aqua blue and the body is striated with peach and coral.
The second beggar leans on a cane. The background is bright orange and the body and cane are made up of blurry blocks of purple, magenta, gold, and pale green speckled with tiny white spots.
The third beggar has a long skirt and a head scarf and carries a cane and a rosary. This background is bright pink and the body and accessories are striated in blurry pale greens with tiny white speckles on the upper body.
On the far right is a beggar with a bonnet, a long skirt, and a crutch. The background is acid green and the body is striated in blurred purples, magenta, bright pink, and blue with tiny speckles of white.
Art description by A. Laura Brody
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