Mercruial Existence
Artist
Erik Geschke
MediumSculptures: Carved wood, constructed wood, oil paint and acrylic paint, paintings: oil paint on wood panel.
Dimensionspainting: 61 x 36 in. (154.9 x 91.4 cm)
sculpture: 57 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 11 in. (146.1 x 36.8 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Geschke's work deals with oblique personal and social narratives. He examines the use of portraiture in the form of painted portraits or statuary displayed publicly as a form of propaganda, such as veneration of government officials, monarchs, military leaders, religious figures; or to espouse certain ideologies. Geschke feels these depictions display an unintentional satirical or psychologically awkward portrait. In this piece, however the characters are of his own fictional creation.
Shawn Nordfors