Sculptor Documents America's Analog Past

Post by Mary Whealen 
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    Exquisitely detailed dioramas of abandoned diners, crumbling gas stations, small town brick storefronts, Tim Prythero's sculptures document America's fading analog past. Pop art that has dropped all self-referential posturing, Prythero is not saying, 'look at my cleverness,' he is saying, 'look at the world.' Or maybe, even more simply, just, 'look.'  Which clearly he does!  
    Folksy, nostalgia-evoking and utterly wonderful, they remind me of Edward Hopper. Jody would love his work!

    The piece I saw is "Tail of the Pup" and the back of the sculpture (that I could see by pressing my cheek to the museum wall) blew me away; plywood delaminating on the bottom of a sagging and patched screen door, overflowing trashcan, refuse blown against the wall, now-useless pipes and conduits, weeds growing in the cracks, a sponge mop disintegrating in the elements... I could feel how it would crumble in my fingers if I touched it.   Here is a slideshow of his work.    (http://www.timprythero.com/urban-street-scenes/)