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Eric Hesse
An Emptiness I Needed to Know

2018

$10,200
£7,787.43
€8,919.33
CA$14,290.15
A$15,978.14
CHF 8,381.20
MX$193,533.65
NOK 105,796.20
SEK 99,951.84
DKK 66,573.95

About the Item

Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and often incorrigible medium, a tension emerges, echoing the drama outside the window." Choosing to focus on the Los Angeles landscape, for Hesse, "the act of building is generally considered synonymous with growth and progress. In the cities I’ve called home, construction more often seems the imposition of one will upon another. Visually, the result is a sort of competition; angles wedge their way into vegetation and undaunted, the foliage always pushes back. All it takes is a look out of an airplane window and it becomes abundantly clear; human lines are the simple ones, the un-nuanced ones, the only forms that have somewhere immediate to go. Underneath, the natural landscape undulates and meanders, oblivious though scarred. In Los Angeles, the distinction between the created and the natural is most pointed, and the struggle between them most beguiling."
  • Creator:
    Eric Hesse (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2018
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 49 in (124.46 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Fairfield, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU18323388901

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