Omni Confronts Modern Art

Name/Title

Omni Confronts Modern Art

Entry/Object ID

2015-12-862

Type of Painting

Canvas

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic

Made/Created

Artist

Parker, Thomas

Date made

2012

Time Period

21st Century

Dimensions

Height

30 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Notes

hangs diagonally

Interpretative Labels

Label

2024, “Student to Artist: In Pursuit of the Artistic Practice” At Washburn University, Thomas Parker studied with Alexander Tillotson and James Hunt. He went on to earn an MA from the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa) in 1960, and taught at Drury University for several years. Throughout his career, he has made objective and non-objective art that explores varied subjects including pollution, political violence, and conceptualism.