https://jonathansantoro.info Jonathan Santoro Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:12:39 +0000 https://jonathansantoro.info en https://jonathansantoro.info/Home Sat, 29 Jan 2022 01:42:40 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/Home Mondo Cane <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5511e26b9f28c06193df2d744ab476397716b2e84ad7476fd746843330ef569d/Santoro_MondoCane7.jpg" data-mid="239282813" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5511e26b9f28c06193df2d744ab476397716b2e84ad7476fd746843330ef569d/Santoro_MondoCane7.jpg" /> &nbsp; In Praise of Folly <img width="1212" height="776" width_o="1212" height_o="776" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fd1f290a49eea58e7503454848c82520d8e763368a1a5b4456f069355396485/LonelyStillCroppedps2.jpg" data-mid="168213763" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fd1f290a49eea58e7503454848c82520d8e763368a1a5b4456f069355396485/LonelyStillCroppedps2.jpg" /> Always Chasing Rainbows <img width="2919" height="2166" width_o="2919" height_o="2166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc317814ba6405473dcc450f310ef9fe2d759fadbffdb27b80bd810c2fd095e4/01.Always_Chasing_Rainbows_Install_shot1_crop.jpg" data-mid="137821328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc317814ba6405473dcc450f310ef9fe2d759fadbffdb27b80bd810c2fd095e4/01.Always_Chasing_Rainbows_Install_shot1_crop.jpg" /> A Grin without a Cat <img width="1320" height="886" width_o="1320" height_o="886" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cc52b7866d41a06c88146ef741f110f6d159a73a135a2bc76caf8a2e8ffc199/Jonathan_Santoro_From_Marrow_Wonder_crop2.png" data-mid="137822656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9cc52b7866d41a06c88146ef741f110f6d159a73a135a2bc76caf8a2e8ffc199/Jonathan_Santoro_From_Marrow_Wonder_crop2.png" /> The One in the Other <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39f63f275d6370724b5bfc6d4267e58b17209d9ee973f0c3efe4211a5e18857c/Good-one-detail.jpg" data-mid="131809559" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39f63f275d6370724b5bfc6d4267e58b17209d9ee973f0c3efe4211a5e18857c/Good-one-detail.jpg" /> https://jonathansantoro.info/Mondo-Cane Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:12:39 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/Mondo-Cane Mondo Cane Race Street Pier Philadelphia, PA September 29 - October 31, 2025 Mondo Cane is a site-specific sculptural installation on Philadelphia’s Delaware River at the Race Street Pier. Challenging the conventions of public artworks, it is quasi-concealed within a designed void in the pier’s structure, framing a floating tire with an anthropomorphic hubcap bearing a worried grimace, cast adrift in the river, nearly submerged. “Mondo cane” is an Italian curse translating to “a dog’s world,” inferring a period of struggle or difficulty. Exploring pathos, callousness, and spectacle, the installation challenges the viewer’s response to anxiety in a time of reactionary change and increasing uncertainty. &nbsp; This project was made possible by the generous support of The Delaware Riverfront Corporation, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Joseph Robert Foundation.Curated by Libby Rosa. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5511e26b9f28c06193df2d744ab476397716b2e84ad7476fd746843330ef569d/Santoro_MondoCane7.jpg" data-mid="239282370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5511e26b9f28c06193df2d744ab476397716b2e84ad7476fd746843330ef569d/Santoro_MondoCane7.jpg" />Mondo Cane, Cold-cast urethane, tire, glass eyes, UV prints, aluminum, 2025 <img width="2888" height="3925" width_o="2888" height_o="3925" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fc22d49c9d52b91b4f493b156a56a288d023dd9488afb709b40c899ffe73ca3/Santoro_MondoCane8.jpg" data-mid="239282740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fc22d49c9d52b91b4f493b156a56a288d023dd9488afb709b40c899ffe73ca3/Santoro_MondoCane8.jpg" /> <img width="1933" height="1431" width_o="1933" height_o="1431" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e301788016d43c3ff07f3360ca9de71e67ca80fb0b5d4884a34067025cedf97d/Santoro_MondoCane5.jpg" data-mid="239282737" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e301788016d43c3ff07f3360ca9de71e67ca80fb0b5d4884a34067025cedf97d/Santoro_MondoCane5.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56289ab0d68b0722ab394d9d923c73f8709c6348dd4cbf286d6b6e9f308d1c66/IMG_0371p.jpg" data-mid="239282423" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56289ab0d68b0722ab394d9d923c73f8709c6348dd4cbf286d6b6e9f308d1c66/IMG_0371p.jpg" /> <img width="3272" height="2322" width_o="3272" height_o="2322" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df055e10657609bacadf78e736bc0188cf32b736e4b98e847690037e00b4ea09/Santoro_MondoCane3.jpg" data-mid="239282614" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df055e10657609bacadf78e736bc0188cf32b736e4b98e847690037e00b4ea09/Santoro_MondoCane3.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48b2aca7a3a63f5ecc4a614db9be6828dddad653537815f0cf90911ae7133700/Santoro_MondoCane2.jpg" data-mid="239282403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48b2aca7a3a63f5ecc4a614db9be6828dddad653537815f0cf90911ae7133700/Santoro_MondoCane2.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/801ae2e3d998ceef62fb4caaa0889773e2f9203cc931c7b2c81a6d1d5c0054c2/Santoro_MondoCane9.jpg" data-mid="239282741" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/801ae2e3d998ceef62fb4caaa0889773e2f9203cc931c7b2c81a6d1d5c0054c2/Santoro_MondoCane9.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df92b26246a6009f265469cc28d0286825840e9449179eb5701f4a4e9daa79f4/Santoro_MondoCane6.jpg" data-mid="239282738" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df92b26246a6009f265469cc28d0286825840e9449179eb5701f4a4e9daa79f4/Santoro_MondoCane6.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7680123d5e9404b28114c1b2bb9c68889e5ca21061435b980bd2e57bea69ce1/Santoro_MondoCane10.jpg" data-mid="239282743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7680123d5e9404b28114c1b2bb9c68889e5ca21061435b980bd2e57bea69ce1/Santoro_MondoCane10.jpg" /> https://jonathansantoro.info/In-Praise-of-Folly Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:18:54 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/In-Praise-of-Folly In Praise of Folly Peep Projects&nbsp; Jan 12 - Feb 24, 2023 In 1509, the Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, wrote In Praise of Folly. A satirical essay written in the voice of Folly—a self-aggrandizing fool who celebrates hedonism, ignorance, madness, and self-deception—his screed railed against the corruption of the Catholic church and the bloviated traditions of European society. In Praise of Folly became hugely popular and, to Erasmus’s dismay, its sharp criticism, intended to nudge the church towards reform, instead split the church and fueled the Protestant Reformation, spawning decades of the bloody religious wars that followed it. So much for the praising of folly. In 2023, emerging from the shadow of the pandemic, we are confronted with a vision of a changed America. Time stopped, patterns were disrupted—people were paralyzed by fear, saturated in boredom, engulfed in loneliness, and traumatized by mass death. These disruptions led to increased acts of violence, descents into addiction, spikes in road rage and vehicular homicides, deaths of despair, and a new wave of anti-social behaviors. Santoro’s In Praise of Folly&nbsp;uses the self-diagnostic tool of addiction recovery treatment, HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired), to explore post-pandemic social disengagement. HALT is intended to help those struggling with addiction identify their triggers and meet their basic needs. Here, each emotion/need is interpreted as an animistic hubcap encapsulated in modified tires. Referred to in the title as “The Four Horsemen,” these characters drool, seethe, weep, and doze off, cartoonishly exaggerating their troubled states. Overhead, amber fluorescent lights glow, casting a pall over the room, like the foreboding yellow sky that signals a coming storm. Santoro’s horsemen are discarded parts from a car, a machine that runs not on horsepower, but on bodily and emotional neglect; a societal death drive, speeding through broken social systems towards self-destruction. Rage, addiction, destruction, radicalization, conspiracy, violence, self-harm—we have become a culture of madness, of folly. Erasmus ends&nbsp;In Praise of Folly with this: “No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side." In a world built on folly, we are all the Fool. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaa1259854570a4e1cbf3d824aaa67cf342de8dd14974236302e988e82973c53/01_TheFourHorsemen_Lonely.jpg" data-mid="167797450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaa1259854570a4e1cbf3d824aaa67cf342de8dd14974236302e988e82973c53/01_TheFourHorsemen_Lonely.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Lonely), Cold-cast urethane, glass eyes, tubing for water element, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, taxidermied ducklings, 2022. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27a5321a5e2b0837c6a504d81e1d22263d37eea854e879983cf8836eeffe1264/02_TheFourHorsemen_Lonely_Detail.jpg" data-mid="167797451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27a5321a5e2b0837c6a504d81e1d22263d37eea854e879983cf8836eeffe1264/02_TheFourHorsemen_Lonely_Detail.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Lonely) (detail), Cold-cast urethane, glass eyes, tubing for water element, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, taxidermied ducklings, 2022. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3072a5f28654931c90974b4ef89c2819337e1b4f3a440f829b8a0183cede3582/03_TheFourHorsemen_Lonely_Detail-1.jpg" data-mid="167797453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3072a5f28654931c90974b4ef89c2819337e1b4f3a440f829b8a0183cede3582/03_TheFourHorsemen_Lonely_Detail-1.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Lonely) (detail), Cold-cast urethane, glass eyes, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, taxidermy ducklings, tubing for water element, 2022. The Four Horsemen (Lonely), video documentation <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15c2adb8f19c34d8edb95df61430bdafc056d42a1ea6034cea62804ce19a45e1/04_InPraiseofFolly_InstallationShot.jpg" data-mid="167797454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15c2adb8f19c34d8edb95df61430bdafc056d42a1ea6034cea62804ce19a45e1/04_InPraiseofFolly_InstallationShot.jpg" /> In Praise of Folly (Installation Shot), 2023. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e92c4e4762dc560c505d3ae04ebc9dd3b5c78140e88fe7e9ec28e5409f2b21c7/05_TheFourHorsemen_Angry.jpg" data-mid="167797455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e92c4e4762dc560c505d3ae04ebc9dd3b5c78140e88fe7e9ec28e5409f2b21c7/05_TheFourHorsemen_Angry.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Angry), Cold-cast urethane, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, motorized turntable, 2021-2022. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e64ee0e61ba1d50a4b53b076597802881ea9790377074117957b856fb6a8173/06_TheFourHorsemen_Angry_Detail.jpg" data-mid="167797456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e64ee0e61ba1d50a4b53b076597802881ea9790377074117957b856fb6a8173/06_TheFourHorsemen_Angry_Detail.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Angry) (detail), Cold-cast urethane, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, motorized turntable, 2021-2022. <img width="3908" height="3000" width_o="3908" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c2ce1c438973ab06ad587f714456289b6a4f4cd1218de6d43cd497df268f48f/07_TheFourHorsemen_Angry_Detail-1.jpg" data-mid="167797457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c2ce1c438973ab06ad587f714456289b6a4f4cd1218de6d43cd497df268f48f/07_TheFourHorsemen_Angry_Detail-1.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Angry) (detail), Cold-cast urethane, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, motorized turntable, 2021-2022.The Four Horsemen (Angry), video documentation <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b12e9365f7229db7fc20e4b73e4f9d11a369636d0a0187c793c83481d6f8714a/08_InPraiseOfFolly_InstallationDetail.jpg" data-mid="167797458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b12e9365f7229db7fc20e4b73e4f9d11a369636d0a0187c793c83481d6f8714a/08_InPraiseOfFolly_InstallationDetail.jpg" /> &nbsp;In Praise of Folly (Installation Shot), Monoprint applied directly to floor, 2023. <img width="2774" height="3671" width_o="2774" height_o="3671" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55833e337ef190f94afacd010a01515d93df66ef95d3a38527ba581709c36c2f/09_TheFourHorsemen_Hungry.jpg" data-mid="167797466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55833e337ef190f94afacd010a01515d93df66ef95d3a38527ba581709c36c2f/09_TheFourHorsemen_Hungry.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Hungry), Cold-cast urethane, glass eyes, tubing for water element, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, 2022. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb55eccdf2fa0e640ace70ad169da1866d99252f321cd5eb1590fe2789bb31b5/10_TheFourHorsemen_Hungry_Detail.jpg" data-mid="167797467" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb55eccdf2fa0e640ace70ad169da1866d99252f321cd5eb1590fe2789bb31b5/10_TheFourHorsemen_Hungry_Detail.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Hungry) (detail), Cold-cast urethane, glass eyes, tubing for water element, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, 2022. The Four Horsemen (Hungry), video documentation <img width="2788" height="3895" width_o="2788" height_o="3895" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/255e31514da64ad40fc07b1d1812b5023dd14a5f7c59ea39b83196234e6106fa/11_TheFourHorsemen_Tired_Detail1.jpg" data-mid="167797468" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/255e31514da64ad40fc07b1d1812b5023dd14a5f7c59ea39b83196234e6106fa/11_TheFourHorsemen_Tired_Detail1.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Tired) (detail), Cold-cast urethane, glass eye, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, 2022. <img width="2940" height="3888" width_o="2940" height_o="3888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dea5045427d909fa032e2e6661d3a6b216bb59164b8049e47d98a92182ddbcd0/12_TheFourHorsemen_Tired-1.jpg" data-mid="167797469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dea5045427d909fa032e2e6661d3a6b216bb59164b8049e47d98a92182ddbcd0/12_TheFourHorsemen_Tired-1.jpg" /> The Four Horsemen (Tired), Cold-cast urethane, glass eye, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, sound element, 2022. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcb7b4ff2751f9627c2a055e1c8d4a816e72eff4de651a5c96a2711d66dc0744/13_TheFourHorsemen_Tired.jpg" data-mid="167797470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcb7b4ff2751f9627c2a055e1c8d4a816e72eff4de651a5c96a2711d66dc0744/13_TheFourHorsemen_Tired.jpg" /> &nbsp;The Four Horsemen (Tired), Cold-cast urethane, glass eye, modified Goodyear Tire, cast and pigmented RTV rubber, sound element, 2022. https://jonathansantoro.info/Always-Chasing-Rainbows Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:18:54 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/Always-Chasing-Rainbows Always Chasing RainbowsMoore College of Art and Design, Nov 14, 2020 - Jan 09, 2021 In the evergreen American fairytale The Wizard of Oz, the nostalgic yearning for home resounds as a primary theme. Like any good classic, The Wizard of Oz is woven deeply into our cultural consciousness and acts as a reflector of societal values—as well as its blemishes. Beyond its surface-level presentation of loyal friendship, self-actualization, and the virtues of home, The Wizard of Oz presents sublimated themes of American exceptionalism, frontierism, and the omnipresent threat of surveillance and control.&nbsp; In reexamining the franchise through the lens of both personal and cultural memory, Always Chasing Rainbows transformed Dorothy’s oddly-matched companions into an assortment of visual misnomers and objects associated with suburban lawn décor, property protection, and spectated punishment. The Galleries at Moore’s Race Street window becomes both a voyeuristic stage and a security arena. Always Chasing Rainbows uses&nbsp;The Wizard of Oz as a vehicle to examine a bygone American dream, to explore ideas around nostalgia as both a sickness and a symptom of an increasingly fervent nationalism, spectacle, surveillance capitalism, and dysfunctional familial relationships wherein even love becomes a tool of control. <img width="2048" height="1479" width_o="2048" height_o="1479" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0c2d42a5bbb71f7d76256f623b59bc13196cdcd7e38b1ab5a3d85984164ac79/tumblr_fa96a96d64284ea42fcaf79735a9329a_e0c3feb8_2048.jpg" data-mid="131718777" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0c2d42a5bbb71f7d76256f623b59bc13196cdcd7e38b1ab5a3d85984164ac79/tumblr_fa96a96d64284ea42fcaf79735a9329a_e0c3feb8_2048.jpg" /> Always Chasing Rainbows (installation shot), Mixed Media, 2020. <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44666dd11d1295e744b35fe0b4f58be11958791cb3dfb09eda32a0a9635a0a9d/02.Always_Chasing_Rainbows_Install2-1.jpg" data-mid="131808156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44666dd11d1295e744b35fe0b4f58be11958791cb3dfb09eda32a0a9635a0a9d/02.Always_Chasing_Rainbows_Install2-1.jpg" />Always Chasing Rainbows (installation shot), Mixed media, 2020. Photo by Joseph Hu <img width="1776" height="1378" width_o="1776" height_o="1378" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee45798a667cf5ca9c2abd0ad23705384b1a065cc395f7541ec94aad06fd7820/03.Doghouse.jpg" data-mid="131808157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee45798a667cf5ca9c2abd0ad23705384b1a065cc395f7541ec94aad06fd7820/03.Doghouse.jpg" />Doghouse, Shipboard, painted plywood, MDF, Master padlock, dog-bowl, Plexiglas, 2020. Photo by Joseph Hu. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11ef9bada4fbee5ff2942a9218b349ffd95a23fe0f0aaad72f866860f33bb808/04.Please_be_Courteous.jpg" data-mid="131808171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11ef9bada4fbee5ff2942a9218b349ffd95a23fe0f0aaad72f866860f33bb808/04.Please_be_Courteous.jpg" />Please be Courteous, Screen print on aluminum, 2020. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49bb4610f81ae5170948ce7dac2c98ae3014b36c7967cdf8c567929b0dcb419e/05.Pick-up_bags.jpg" data-mid="131808232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49bb4610f81ae5170948ce7dac2c98ae3014b36c7967cdf8c567929b0dcb419e/05.Pick-up_bags.jpg" />Pick-up bags. Pigmented and cast urethane plastic, 2019. <img width="2000" height="2672" width_o="2000" height_o="2672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a76865c10472cc5a123ba8bc71e6371d2f2bde0da8149aed5917dd6daacf0d77/06.Nightlight_Detail_c.jpg" data-mid="137823462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a76865c10472cc5a123ba8bc71e6371d2f2bde0da8149aed5917dd6daacf0d77/06.Nightlight_Detail_c.jpg" />Nightlight (detail). Painted plywood and pine, Plexiglas, Simplisafe sticker, tube lighting, oak, 2020. Photo by Joseph Hu. <img width="2750" height="3687" width_o="2750" height_o="3687" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cbf4d0e35e42107c2a42722083f14187b7664edd84e0eee25577006620b0e6b/07.Benevolent_Patriarch1Scarecrow-1.jpg" data-mid="131808237" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cbf4d0e35e42107c2a42722083f14187b7664edd84e0eee25577006620b0e6b/07.Benevolent_Patriarch1Scarecrow-1.jpg" />Benevolent Patriarch 1 (Scarecrow). Cast urethane plastic, cast and painted urethane foam, painted plywood, steel, aluminum, misc. hardware, 2019-2020. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79ed33acd6bb8fba4a2f5c15cf9051bfa1351480cc5a9e3393cdf608ce35e610/08.Benevolent_Patriarch1_Scarecrow_Detail1.jpg" data-mid="131808280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79ed33acd6bb8fba4a2f5c15cf9051bfa1351480cc5a9e3393cdf608ce35e610/08.Benevolent_Patriarch1_Scarecrow_Detail1.jpg" />Benevolent Patriarch 1 (Scarecrow) (detail). <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9debcd292242169b413e8ba81b4794667c54a3d330c31b1ea564c548de82b62/09.Benevolent_Patriarch1_Scarecrow_Detail2.jpg" data-mid="131808294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9debcd292242169b413e8ba81b4794667c54a3d330c31b1ea564c548de82b62/09.Benevolent_Patriarch1_Scarecrow_Detail2.jpg" />Benevolent Patriarch 1 (Scarecrow) (detail). <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23fbdfcaf29f31aa46fee9284ced69f2d5a32bd060bdfd11f7e34da2044c2ba0/11.Stairs_detail-1.jpg" data-mid="131808299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23fbdfcaf29f31aa46fee9284ced69f2d5a32bd060bdfd11f7e34da2044c2ba0/11.Stairs_detail-1.jpg" />Stairs (detail), painted plywood and Masonite, 2020 <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/554a88e910214d75e52026ca5fcf2408454d76df55758f834456ee4fc37a2582/12.Benevolent_Patriarch3_Lion-1.jpg" data-mid="131808303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/554a88e910214d75e52026ca5fcf2408454d76df55758f834456ee4fc37a2582/12.Benevolent_Patriarch3_Lion-1.jpg" /> Benevolent Patriarch 3 (Lion). Cast urethane plastic, Cast and pigmented silicone, 2020. Photo by Joseph Hu. <img width="3714" height="2801" width_o="3714" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d29cccd347895ffcc885c3fb80c5f2b00de56d619f46d517124441b2eacd9e2/13.Benevolent_Patriarch3_TinMan-1.jpg" data-mid="131808305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d29cccd347895ffcc885c3fb80c5f2b00de56d619f46d517124441b2eacd9e2/13.Benevolent_Patriarch3_TinMan-1.jpg" /> Benevolent Patriarch 2 (Tin Man).&nbsp;Forged and hammered steel, heart combination lock, cast and pigmented, 2020. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b33c2560ec620e167cbd0d824c2432b3a3184c9686006d2a542c7345202e3fd/14.Benevolent_Patriarch2_Detail-1.jpg" data-mid="131808306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b33c2560ec620e167cbd0d824c2432b3a3184c9686006d2a542c7345202e3fd/14.Benevolent_Patriarch2_Detail-1.jpg" />Benevolent Patriarch 2 (Tin Man)&nbsp;(detail). <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9288d067dc0eabc123b77ea00da5f16651dafdec657045f3182e288726c92aef/15.Poppies-1.jpg" data-mid="131808321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9288d067dc0eabc123b77ea00da5f16651dafdec657045f3182e288726c92aef/15.Poppies-1.jpg" /> Poppies. Cast and pigmented RTV rubber and wire, 2020. Edition of 10. <img width="547" height="544" width_o="547" height_o="544" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4113a9881a3b8a637cf3da3df073993c3f1e87c793bc55d321031e523ab40354/Screen-Shot-2022-01-29-at-12.28.26-PM.png" data-mid="131846313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/547/i/4113a9881a3b8a637cf3da3df073993c3f1e87c793bc55d321031e523ab40354/Screen-Shot-2022-01-29-at-12.28.26-PM.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; https://jonathansantoro.info/A-Grin-Without-a-Cat Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:18:55 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/A-Grin-Without-a-Cat A Grin Without a CatThese works reference two famously elusive cats, Alice in Wonderland’s Cheshire Cat, and the hypothetical feline of Schrodinger’s famous thought experiment—both representing contingent realities where the cat is simultaneously absent and omnipresent. These works were featured in Toxoplasmosis, an exhibition at High~Tide in 2017 with R. Lord and Michael Assiff. <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a1b053c814e404f3c9f2fd7efbb4bb0233377e6eac1e2e9af656897d34299d9/Jonathan_Santoro_From_Marrow_Wonder.jpg" data-mid="131807106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a1b053c814e404f3c9f2fd7efbb4bb0233377e6eac1e2e9af656897d34299d9/Jonathan_Santoro_From_Marrow_Wonder.jpg" />From Marrow Wonder. Cast urethane plastic, cast and pigmented rubber, urethane foam, and wire, 2017 <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4748c061cfca27e442e77c6455de66931894f7f22b5f9ac9e002e10b32211ab/tumblr_oxkuy1v3F31qb6jdfo4_r1_1280.jpg" data-mid="131842002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4748c061cfca27e442e77c6455de66931894f7f22b5f9ac9e002e10b32211ab/tumblr_oxkuy1v3F31qb6jdfo4_r1_1280.jpg" />From Marrow Wonder, (detail) <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e34db735c501311cc1828ce209d95025d75c05646f73c386d5104cd85929e302/Prop-copy.jpg" data-mid="131812095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e34db735c501311cc1828ce209d95025d75c05646f73c386d5104cd85929e302/Prop-copy.jpg" />Prop.&nbsp;Cast and pigmented urethane plastic, 2017 <img width="1280" height="1707" width_o="1280" height_o="1707" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0754bce84ff171effb895d3f0aaace7c9aa9b204cb6985eee1084f1b3477fac/Jonathan_Santoro_A-Grin-without-a-Cat-copy.jpg" data-mid="131812168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0754bce84ff171effb895d3f0aaace7c9aa9b204cb6985eee1084f1b3477fac/Jonathan_Santoro_A-Grin-without-a-Cat-copy.jpg" />A Grin without a Cat, Pine, MDF, and latex paint, 2017 <img width="1000" height="1250" width_o="1000" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/988b8b4a4af1d16875db58fc10dd0d2a52ffc0fec120097d636e54c1c2666eb2/Box.jpg" data-mid="131812096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/988b8b4a4af1d16875db58fc10dd0d2a52ffc0fec120097d636e54c1c2666eb2/Box.jpg" />Box, Cast urethane foam, MDF, latex paint, and casters, 2017 <img width="1000" height="1273" width_o="1000" height_o="1273" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4021fef6e348a0a488a298c54d50016411baafaaeac2ae5bf71ea0a364a4b739/pumpkinstair_crop.jpg" data-mid="137825465" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4021fef6e348a0a488a298c54d50016411baafaaeac2ae5bf71ea0a364a4b739/pumpkinstair_crop.jpg" />Box, detail.&nbsp; <img width="500" height="640" width_o="500" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d80a3101a076cfa309416e90c930eab6ba78523acb83548dc2b24d4933909ee/Box_Detail_crop.jpg" data-mid="137825387" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/7d80a3101a076cfa309416e90c930eab6ba78523acb83548dc2b24d4933909ee/Box_Detail_crop.jpg" />Box, detail. <img width="2977" height="1934" width_o="2977" height_o="1934" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3ba78243eb4302f6f850ba2ae204389673246f998a02e621770a56ea6545817/IMG_5757_crop.jpg" data-mid="131849161" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3ba78243eb4302f6f850ba2ae204389673246f998a02e621770a56ea6545817/IMG_5757_crop.jpg" />Exhibition flyer by R.Lord &nbsp; https://jonathansantoro.info/The-One-in-the-Other Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:18:55 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/The-One-in-the-Other The One and the Other At the center of Eugene Ionesco’s play “Chairs” is a couple, perhaps the world’s last couple, in a world of post-civilization survival. Together, they organize a party for a host of invisible guests to elucidate the meaning of life—before jumping to their deaths. The One in the Other presents a hypothetical stage set for Ionesco’s drama, and explores notions of togetherness and coupledom within a domestic environment, as well as ideas of perception and the elusiveness of shared meaning.This work was part of a two-person exhibition of the same name with Meredith Sellers, curated by Lord Ludd for Unlisted at Icebox Project Space. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39f63f275d6370724b5bfc6d4267e58b17209d9ee973f0c3efe4211a5e18857c/Good-one-detail.jpg" data-mid="131807667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39f63f275d6370724b5bfc6d4267e58b17209d9ee973f0c3efe4211a5e18857c/Good-one-detail.jpg" /> Courting Bench. Wood, MDF, latex paint, cast urethane plastic, cast resin, Ikea glasses, and cast rubber. <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee727aaf9ecb3c276a647b1a67f33ba9e70de24d2e68d51923c5d2dead5b6536/Courting-Bench.jpg" data-mid="131812293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee727aaf9ecb3c276a647b1a67f33ba9e70de24d2e68d51923c5d2dead5b6536/Courting-Bench.jpg" />Courting Bench. Wood, MDF, latex paint, cast urethane plastic, cast resin, Ikea glasses, and cast rubber. <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acc349b990d9c284353ca5e227ff6fd49a4164239bd681ceb1a5ad437e421610/IMG_3734ps.jpg" data-mid="131841649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acc349b990d9c284353ca5e227ff6fd49a4164239bd681ceb1a5ad437e421610/IMG_3734ps.jpg" />Courting Bench, detail. <img width="500" height="628" width_o="500" height_o="628" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8db5f8365595cbe8559c1cdab2a52645b73f972bcfbbab4ac1e2bd06fa49a907/After-Us.jpg" data-mid="131812331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/8db5f8365595cbe8559c1cdab2a52645b73f972bcfbbab4ac1e2bd06fa49a907/After-Us.jpg" />After Us. Cast RTV rubber, PVC pipping, steel wire, and resin. <img width="3858" height="2677" width_o="3858" height_o="2677" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7fd38377544af5bed7fb7562dd9cad6fe14c2798831f2f666e226690eb66fca/IMG_5674ps1c.jpg" data-mid="131812398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7fd38377544af5bed7fb7562dd9cad6fe14c2798831f2f666e226690eb66fca/IMG_5674ps1c.jpg" />Cairn (Family Plot). Cast urethane plastic, MDF, masonite. <img width="883" height="662" width_o="883" height_o="662" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10a4b90dab751f514a61ceef683140bd5aba11248777b48234ffc0b8dd158fe0/0-2.jpg" data-mid="131812584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/883/i/10a4b90dab751f514a61ceef683140bd5aba11248777b48234ffc0b8dd158fe0/0-2.jpg" />Cairn (Family Plot). Detail. <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a78911edfb1680c9307160c45877e83b793b81c661bc33d8112edf8aef094acb/IMG_5098ps-1.jpg" data-mid="131812594" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a78911edfb1680c9307160c45877e83b793b81c661bc33d8112edf8aef094acb/IMG_5098ps-1.jpg" />Corner Chair. Latex paint and Pine. <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/722113be3392299672a8c3e1ed5df5d625f93de732ffb3e1a1ccecab8b4d73de/Santoro-Jonathan_Ritual.jpg" data-mid="131812601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/722113be3392299672a8c3e1ed5df5d625f93de732ffb3e1a1ccecab8b4d73de/Santoro-Jonathan_Ritual.jpg" />Ritual.&nbsp;Cast rubber, acrylic, bucket. <img width="493" height="606" width_o="493" height_o="606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e073e7fda09fa88e046b1cf55ae47a9b99321e4d205b55c20e6000a632147630/Screen-Shot-2022-01-29-at-11.32.01-AM.png" data-mid="131842696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/493/i/e073e7fda09fa88e046b1cf55ae47a9b99321e4d205b55c20e6000a632147630/Screen-Shot-2022-01-29-at-11.32.01-AM.png" /> https://jonathansantoro.info/Info Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:25:53 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/Info Jonathan Santoro is an artist based in Philadelphia. Through means of mimesis, his work utilizes fractured narratives borrowed from mass culture, existential theater, and pop psychology to create paradoxical images, where nothing is what it initially appears to be. His work has been exhibited at Peep Projects, Ki Smith Gallery, High~Tide, Bodega, Lord Ludd, Brooklyn Army Terminal for Kara Walker Presents: The Colossus of Rutgers, EFA, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery at UArts, and Vox Populi, among others. He has also curated exhibitions at Pilot Projects and Icebox Project Space. Jonathan received his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2020. https://jonathansantoro.info/Press Sun, 30 Jan 2022 01:01:53 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/Press Jonathan Santoro: In Praise of Folly Brooklyn Rail, 2023 In Praise of Folly at Peep, 2023 Featured on: Kuba Paris OFluxo Tzvetnik Jonathan Santoro and Anoushé Shojae-Chaghorvand at Squat Soirée, 2022 Featured on: TzvetnikKuba Paris OFluxo Floaters OFluxo, 2021Color and convenience wooed Americans, and we fell in love with plastic WHYY, 2021 Always Chasing Rainbows at the Galleries at Moore Tzvetnik, 2021Moore College’s dark vision of Oz, America WHYY, 2021The Midnight Sun The Rib, 2018 Toxoplasmosis at High Tide ArtViewer, 2017 Darkness Gets a Place to Shine—Chewing the Scenery at Crane Arts Artblog, 2016 https://jonathansantoro.info/Contact Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:30:19 +0000 Jonathan Santoro https://jonathansantoro.info/Contact jonathansantoro2000@gmail.com