TitleTuti Fruti
Artist
Ed Paschke
(American, 1939 - 2004)
Date2001
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 12 × 9 in.
SignedSigned at bottom right corner: "2001 / E. Paschke".
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, September 18, 2002
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number2002.9
Label TextEd Paschke was one of Chicago's most prominent artists for more than sixty years and emerged at a moment when a multitude of influences combined to create distinctive styles in the region. Paschke studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) before being drafted into the Army in 1962, illustrating weapons manuals. In 1967 he enrolled in the SAIC under the G.I. Bill and completed his MFA in 1970. He had a distinguished teaching career, holding positions at many of the area's universities.By the mid- to late-1960s small groups of artists were exhibiting together, the best known being the "Hairy Who" which included James Falconer, Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Suellen Rocca, and Karl Wirsum. In response to their first exhibition in 1966 Paschke formed his own group known as the "Nonplussed Some," made up of Sarah Canright, Edward C. Flood, Robert Guinan, and Richard Wetzel. The disparate influences of Surrealism, Expressionism, Pop Art, and others led art historian to describe the art of Paschke and others as "Imagism." "Tuti Fruti" is a typical late work by the artist and combines his interest in bodily embellishments in the form of tattoos with his signature electric and fantastic colors.
