This series of paintings was created from 2000 to 2002. I worked on it at three separate studios over those three years. The first one was created surfing the Presidential election of 2000. We all knew at that moment that we were going to war in Iraq...the second G. Bush won the election. It was a seriously depressing day. The tragedy caused by Bush is felt around the globe. And we haven't even started to feel the money end of it. Mark my words...We are headed for the biggest financial crisis our nation has ever seen. All of it can be blamed on the unethical use of government to make a select few people a lot of money while everyone else is raped for every penny they own. Save every penny you make now, as you will need it when our nation's economy eventually crashes because of our illegitimate president George W. Bush.
Artists Statement
The use of title in this series is intended to present the cultural metaphor of a Bowling Alley to communicate a general view of the condition and direction of current events. If one were to look at political language as a bowling ball just released, hurtling blindly with a calculated force, and one were to look at us, the people, as pins, one might see how spin works.
Adam M. Considine 2002
Bowling Alley 1 "The Election of 2000"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Bowling Alley 2 "The Robotic Lion"
oil on canvas
36" x 60"
Bowling Alley 3 "The Streetlight and the Machinegun"
oil on canvas
36" x 60"
Bowling Alley 4 "The Factory and its Master"
oil on canvas
36" x 48"
Bowling Alley 5 "War Crimes"
oil on canvas
20" x 80"
Bowling Alley 6 "Angel"
oil on canvas
36" x 36"
Bowling Alley 7 "The Lion"
oil on canvas
50" x 50"
(Bowling Alley #8, "Mad Cow a," is missing forever. Someone purchased it and I can't find them or remember who they were. I did not have time to take a photo when it was sold.)
Bowling Alley 9 "Mad Cow b"
oil on canvas
44" x 74"
Bowling Alley 10 "Ape Guevara"
oil on canvas
22" x 18"
Bowling Alley 11 "A Vegetable with Arms"
oil on canvas
22" x 18"
Bowling Alley 12 "Dancing Robot"
oil on canvas
22" x 18"
Bowling Alley 13 "Memorial"
oil on linen
56" x 56"
Bowling Alley 14 "The Bomb and the Bird at the Base of the tree"
oil on linen
70" x 30"
Bowling Alley 15 "Saint G a"
oil on linen
Bowling Alley 16 "Saint G b"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Bowling Alley 17 "Iron Northern Pike"
oil on linen
36" x 48"
Bowling Alley 19 "Stone Arch"
oil on canvas
48" x 24"
Bowling Alley 20 "I"
oil on canvas
60" x 30"
Bowling Alley 21 "The People a"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Bowling Alley 22 "The People b"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Bowling Alley 23 "The People c"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Bowling Alley 24 "Sounds a"
oil on linen
30" x 15"
Bowling Alley 25 "Sounds b"
oil on linen
30" x 15"
Bowling Alley 26 "Sounds c"
oil on linen
30" x 15"
Bowling Alley 27 "Improvisation"
oil on linen
70" x 50"
Bowling Alley 28 "Stained Glass a"
oil on linen
40" x 20"
Bowling Alley 29 "Stained Glass b"
oil on linen
40" x 20"
Bowling Alley 30 "Stained Glass c"
oil on linen
40" x 20"
These oil paintings were created out of anger and frustration...
...when we think we know the truth.
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