by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
Since Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s the concept of trickle down economics has been dribbling around. The idea that tax cuts for the wealthy would create a generous surplus that could find its way down into the pockets of poor and working class people,...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
Eager to project an image of vibrancy and success, cities and towns welcome developers’ money. The changes do improve many quality of life issues for these areas. But, this transition comes at a cost leading to displacement of many people who can’t afford the...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
It begins with something found. Something happened upon by chance, which compels me to begin a journey. A page opened in a magazine. A box left on a park bench. A bottle cap blowing down a street. Always that thought, “What can I make with this image? From this...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
I am a New Jersey-based artist and have been making collages since childhood. Forever seeking out new materials to work with leads to changes in style and subject. Often I am looking to create a strange, surreal world, and have been influenced by early twentieth...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
This is a painting of the top section of the Town Hall in the New Brighton section of Staten Is. It was a straight-up, very tall building used at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I had assumed it was a designated landmark, but about twenty years ago...