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"His work that has enjoyed the broadest public reach is his long-running Icons series, which he initiated in 2007. It is celebratory—a contrast to his more somber subject matter, on one level, but also a response to it, attentive to the dialectics of history. These luminous pieces in pencil, each honoring a major figure in Black culture, music, politics, or social history, are less portraits than, again, energy studies. He renders each by appropriation of a black-and- white archival photograph that he places near the paper’s edge, and from which impeccable beams of color radiate across the page. In his permanent installation for the 167th Street subway station (located at 167th Street and Grand Concourse), eight of these Icons, all with ties to the Bronx, grace the platform wall in glass mosaic."
- Siddhartha Mitter in "Undeniable Energy"
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RICO GATSONCelia #2, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONDonna, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONFannie Lou, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper
22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONHarry, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm
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RICO GATSONJim, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONMiriam, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONNipsey, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper
22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONPhife, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm
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RICO GATSONSister Rosetta, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONTina, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONTony, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm -
RICO GATSONYusef, 2024Colored pencil and photograph collage on paper
22 x 30 inches
55.9 x 76.2 cm
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