Mapping the Inferno
selections from the series
2016–2017
Masotta on the series:
These paintings consist of visual poems that illustrate perspectives from my adopted home in the City of Angels. Recording invisible fragments of the city using watercolor and compass, I assume the responsibilities of the cartographer; one who prepares maps and charts as accurately as measurement allows. The beauty of the mission lies in the cartographers’ paradox; the features a mapmaker chooses to show defines the territory measured.
Tamara, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor, collage, and ink on paper, 14 x 20 inches.
Cecilia, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches.
Berenice, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Gouache and pencil on panel, 14 x 20 inches.
Beide, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on panel, 14 x 20 inches.
Isaura, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches.
Laudomia, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches.
Phyllis, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor and pencil on panel, 14 x 20 inches.
Olivia, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches.
Argia, Joseph Masotta, 2017. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches.