
Allan D'Arcangelo
During the ’60s, when many artists were mining the American vernacular for its distinctive power, ALLAN D’ARCANGELO came forward with a string of painted images that defied classification. Although his imagery was drawn from the signage and vistas favored by commercial artists, D’Arcangelo used the flat, styleless illustrator's mode to create a moody, haunting atmosphere peculiar to the North American continent.
In earlier work, D’Arcangelo had employed an ironic flatness as an acerbic commentary on such American disgraces as the violence accompanying the civil-rights struggle. But in later