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Erik Pawassar

German, b. 1969
Erik Pawassar was born in Bielefeld, Germany in 1968. His work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado, Raghubir Singh and Edward Burtynsky as early influences. Pawassar's profession as a highly sought­-after digital re­toucher informs his images with a heightened sensitivity to color and a discerning sense of detail - but while his daily work revolves around impeccably retouched compositions and flawless digital refineries, Pawassar's artwork is created exclusively in-camera, He currently lives and works in San Francisco.
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H2O IV - Homage to David Hockney
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Cacti - large format photograph of iconic desert cactus landscape 48" x 72"
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of sunny cactus landscape, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the photo realistic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

H2O I - large format abstract photograph of sun reflection on pool water surface
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney H2O l by Erik ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

Persephone III - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions Persephone III by Erik Pawassar 40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm) signed edition of 25 62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ____________________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Airfield - large scale aerial observation of aeronautical facility
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Airfield by Erik Pawassar 23 x 40 inches (58 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed 48 x 84 inches (122 x 213cm) edition of 7 signed archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Persephone VI - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions Persephone VI by Erik Pawassar 40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm) signed edition of 25 62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ____________________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

H2O IV - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney H2O IV by Erik...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Cloud Forest I - large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of lush tropical rainforest botanical tableau, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the fantastical jungle paintings by artist Henri Rousseau Cloud Forest...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

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