CHRISTIAN MONTONE
"Spaceboy #1" (1996)
Approx. size: 11 x 17 inches.
Acrylic on vintage tobacco premium coupons and foamcore.
The coupons upon which this is painted came from a large stash that had been
squirreled away by my grandfather Phillip Montone from Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
Upon clearing out his old house (and shuttered neighborhood bar, which comprised most
of the downstairs level) by Dad came upon these... and knew exactly who to give them to.
1950s and 1960s Matchbook cover graphics: Ads with a strip of flint.
Colorful ads that accompanied the Sunday Comics of the 1940s. These pages advertised everything from toys, toothpaste and foot powder to cigarettes and cereal.
All you need to do is smoke the right brand and save money on haircuts with those thrifty newfangled 1940s gadgets.
