"Suggestion." 2003. Oil, graphite and collage on panel. Signed on the verso. Artist re-purposed and painted frame.

Framed. 18 x 14" (sight); 25 x 21" (overall).

Notes:

A former partner of Radoccia’s had familial ties to Madagascar, and their regular trips to the island —where the artist found a profound sense of peace and tranquility— inspired an entire body of work. On one of many visits to the island, Radoccia would absorb his surroundings throughout the day and later paint “a collage of what he took in,” creating compositions that reflected “the culmination of what he experienced,” rather than any single moment or scene.[1] Major exhibitions of his Malagasy-inspired works were held at the Leslie-Lohman Museum (2003) and the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon (2012). 

In "Suggestion", the figure has a Malagasy textile cushioning him, and the orange references the artist's still life paintings while traveling in Madagascar.

[1] Larry Curtis Jr., “The Art of a Man; Local Artist Talks Life and His Creative Process,” The Impact (9 November, 2012).
 

Exhibition History:

Within the Mystery of Shadow, Under the Spell of Madagascar, Leslie Lohman Foundation of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York City, NY. 2003.

Nothing adverse to note.

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