Eric Erekson

Buffs Debut 2, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

2016

Comparisons of information delivered through a bridging of longstanding painting practices with technological. :: Mixed Media :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official cer...

Why do we always say "Only time will tell" ? I think sometimes, he Just don't wanna say it. :: Mixed Media :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an off...

A group of figures heads for icy distant mountains. A familiar enough scene of polar explorers hauling their sledges. Yet somehow this does not quite fit the heroic mold. The ice and sky are tinged a movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then there’s the sled, piled high not with boxes of supplies but with a jumbled heap of antiquities: Greek Athenas, bits of a coliseum, a ship’s great wheel. In Jessica Houston’s collage “The Long Haul,” the explorers drag history itself into the great beyond, their backs turned from their absurd load. But we take in the entire scene. In her suite of works, Over the Edge of the World, Houston uses oil on wood, ink on paper, and collages of found images, many from National Geographic Magazine, to rearrange the evidence – and thus history’s possibilities. Houston joins visual artists such as Judit Hersko, Katja Aglert, and Isaac Julien...

Thomas Prytz (1944-2020), Sweden. Mixed media and collage on board. Late 20th century. The board measures: 43 x 33 cm. The frame measures: 6.5 cm. In excellent condition. Signed.