Five on the First
July 2025
Robert Polidoro
“Robert Polidoro studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in Painting in 2016.
Polidoro’s work features de-anthropomorphized subjects set against romanticized landscapes, creating a visual narrative that operates within the logic of dreams and associative thought. His visual language borrows from art history and cartoons, abstracting his source imagery to create idiosyncratic paintings that are both reverent and obscene. Synthesizing these disparate source images, he seeks to use landscape to explore the nuances of having a body — the sublime and the abject, the orgasmic and the dysfunctional, the mundane and the extraordinary. His practice includes a robust drawing regimen, honing images from graphite on paper, to chalk pastel on sandpaper, to multi layered oil on canvas.
He had a solo show this past March at 1969 Gallery in Manhattan, and is currently preparing for his debut solo show in Los Angeles at Stowaway Gallery in November. He lives and works in New York City.”
Maggot Brain, Oil on linen, 8 x 10 inches (2025)
Ten Million Pounds of Sludge from New York and New Jersey, Oil on linen, 8 x 10 inches (2025)
The Tyranny of Structurlessness, Oil on linen, 8 x 10 inches (2025)
Homage to Two Toms, Oil on linen, 8 x 10 inches (2025)
I Don’t Think This Bubble Can Get Much Bigger, Oil on linen, 8 x 10 inches (2025)