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Jack Barrett is pleased to present Of the Echoes, a two person presentation by sculptor Erik Nilson and painter Seohyun Oh.
For Brooklyn-based Nilson, the salvaging and revitalization of debris is fundamental to his sculptural practice. His studio, a dense repository of found objects scoured from both urban and natural landscapes, contains specimens, curiosities, and other raw materials. Nilson sources these objects from interstitial spaces – between roadways and wooded areas, land and water – places where everyday artifacts accumulate.
Nilson’s creative process begins like a pseudo-archeological dig, but the boundary of what is constructed versus natural is blurred. A jagged, unidentifiable metal fragment half-buried in the dirt, or a root weathered into the shape of a fantastical dagger may become central elements of a new, constructed form. In this latest body of work, called “Viscids,” Nilson reinterprets his assemblages of combined objects through mold-ma…
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Jack Barrett is pleased to present Of the Echoes, a two person presentation by sculptor Erik Nilson and painter Seohyun Oh.
For Brooklyn-based Nilson, the salvaging and revitalization of debris is fundamental to his sculptural practice. His studio, a dense repository of found objects scoured from both urban and natural landscapes, contains specimens, curiosities, and other raw materials. Nilson sources these objects from interstitial spaces – between roadways and wooded areas, land and water – places where everyday artifacts accumulate.
Nilson’s creative process begins like a pseudo-archeological dig, but the boundary of what is constructed versus natural is blurred. A jagged, unidentifiable metal fragment half-buried in the dirt, or a root weathered into the shape of a fantastical dagger may become central elements of a new, constructed form. In this latest body of work, called “Viscids,” Nilson reinterprets his assemblages of combined objects through mold-ma…
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