Earlier, This Recording’s Alex Carnevale posted “Subway,” by George Tooker. I’d seen Tooker’s work years ago but had been unable to recall his name, and had searched fruitlessly for his terrifying cubicle landscape shown above, “Landscape with Figures.” I like to think of it when walking through office mazes.
A review in the NYT from just a short while ago describes his work thusly: “Back in the days of the cold war and the Organization Man, George Tooker painted some of the 20th century’s most memorable images of modern angst.” The review goes on to discuss his overall oeuvre and aesthetic, as well as his rather interesting biography.
