Night Kandyland

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Night Kandyland

Artist Beverly Fishman American, b. 1955

Place of OriginUnited States

Date2009

DimensionsDiptych (horizontal) total size) H: 56 in. (142.2 cm); W: 84 in. (213.4 cm)

MediumAcrylic, spray, and enamel paint.

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LineGift of Gary L. Wasserman

Object number

2009.390B

Not on View

Published ReferencesCrow, Kelly, "The Art World Goes Local," Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2009, p. W1, repr. (col.), W4.Label TextBeverly Fishman’s art explores the links between humanity, physical and mental health, and the medical industry. Night Kandyland seemingly pulses with neon color in patterns composed of EKG (electrocardiogram) readings of heartbeats and pharmaceutical pill designs. Fishman explains, “This mostly appropriated imagery is chosen to get the viewer to think about the ways in which science and technology represent the human body and its processes today, as well as how the pharmaceutical industry sells us the promise of changing our mental and physical states through chemistry. These associations, I hope, help to guide the viewer’s experience of the formal aspects of the paintings, which use repeating patterns and contrasting and harmonizing colors to evoke a rhythmic and flickering experience of sensory overload.” With the mirror-like surface of her painting on panels of polished steel, Fishman invites the viewer to see themselves and their environment reflected in what she describes as “a technological space of medical imaging technologies, computer-driven manipulation processes, and chemical panaceas.”