Satie by Moonlight

1966

Dominick Di Meo
American, born 1927

Dominick Di Meo first emerged alongside Chicago’s Monster Roster, active around the mid-20th century; these artists developed a distinct approach to the human figure that was disarticulated and frequently terrifying. Di Meo’s work displays a lighter sensibility while being nevertheless couched in often morbid terms. Here the artist combined methods of painting and collage, incorporating both spectral imagery and an actual, evidently worn T-shirt. Brighter than Di Meo’s earlier work, Satie by Moonlight evokes a surreal, nocturnal scene through an unlikely combination of materials

Status: Currently Off View

Artist: Dominick Generoso Di Meo
Title: Satie by Moonlight
Place: United States (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1966
Medium: Synthetic with cotton shirt on canvas
Dimensions: 127 × 137.2 cm (50 × 54 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Reference Number: 2016.75

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