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Long Series #1367.
#1367
I’ve been experimenting with folded paper, and with this one I crumpled the paper up and allowed the creases to become the subject of the drawing and painting. The 12×12 inch sheet is built from envelopes and thin papers.
Have you met…Robert Otto Epstein?
An introduction can be a wonderful thing. You can meet interesting people, and make new friends. You can be introduced to your new favorite foods, books, music, or artist.
I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to.
The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Robert Otto Epstein.
Air, 2012, 31 x 21 in, Pencil on paper.
Robert Otto Epstein was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1979.
He lives and works in Maplewood, NJ.
University of Pittsburgh, B.A.
At The Beach Wear, 2013, 19 x 16 in color pencil on paper
“My work consists of drawings and paintings on paper based on vintage/1980s/1990s knitting designs for clothing and home decor. I explore the representation of the body inherent in instructional charts for garments, as well as the coded nature of the signs an symbols cast in torso and sleeve designs. The work couples the visual vocabulary of fabric diagrams with the digitization of 1980s era 8-bit data schemata.
My primary interests are in modes of production or ‘the machinery of making.’ I consider the body at work in the vain of Gilles Deleuze’s ‘desiring machine’—as a kind of round-the-clock factory model where the assembly of ‘being’ and ‘doing’ and its creative wares are one in the same.
I cull my source material from 80s and 90s knitting pattern books. From there I create a grid on paper and begin to draw, line-by-line and square-by-square, each ‘pixel’ of the pattern. I always work from bottom to top and from left to right, making sure to follow the pattern precisely. I work very systematically, even obsessively, painting each sign and symbol, and paying particular attention to every marker on the ‘map.’ As such, my paintings are as much about the repetitive, mechanistic process that I perform as they are about the final product.” ROE
Housedress Inspired Sweater,23 x 16, color pencil on paper
Other material realting to Robert Otto Epstein.
Artist Website: Robert Otto Epstein.
Make Space: Robert Otto Epstein.
MoMa PS1 Studio Visit: Robert Otto Epstein.
Cureeo: Robert Otto Epstein.
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Long Series #1366.
#1366
Have you met…Eve Lateiner?
An introduction can be a wonderful thing. You can meet interesting people, and make new friends. You can be introduced to your new favorite foods, books, music, or artist.
I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to.
The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Eve Lateiner.
fabric, stretcher bars, dye, and staples
Artist’s Statement
“I’m interested in painting and sculpture as a means of recording my personal history and a universal human story. There is often a tension between between what is hidden inside these pieces and what is revealed on the surface. I see these objects and paintings as holding elements of the organic human form itself or as artifacts, tools, or scraps of something that used to have a practical function to humans.” EL
fabric, stretcher bars, dye, and staples
Eve Lateiner was born in New York, NY in 1983.
She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BFA
2001-2005
fabric, stretcher bars, oil paint, and staples
Other material relating to Eve Lateiner.
Artist website: Eve Lateiner.
Vimeo. Eve Lateiner.
MoMa Ps1 Studio Visit: Eve Lateiner.
MEP: Studio Visit with Eve Lateiner.
Bull And Ram: Eve Lateiner.
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