Fred Tomaselli's 'Blooms Disrupted' Opens at James Cohan, Blending Resin Paintings with New York Times Collages

Fred Tomaselli's latest exhibition, titled 'Blooms Disrupted', is set to launch on May 15 at the James Cohan gallery located at 48 Walker Street in New York. This showcase includes his renowned resin paintings, which are richly layered and feature organic elements such as leaves and herbs. Additionally, a fresh series of collages created from New York Times front pages will be displayed. The centerpiece, 'Month of August (evening)', merges these two styles: a geometric spiral crafted from August 2025 headlines, with a Mexican sunflower made from personal photographs blooming below. Born in Santa Monica in 1956 and a Brooklyn resident since the mid-1980s, Tomaselli's work also references Frederic Edwin Church's garden at Olana in 'Blue Olana', 2025. His collages, developed over more than twenty years, replace major front-page narratives with lesser-known articles on climate, immigration, and political conflict, challenging cultural priorities and presenting the garden as a sanctuary from media distractions.