For Eliot Greenwald, humanity and the landscapes we occupy are basically one and the identical. The cycles of life, dying, and rebirth might diverge from being to being, however the artist sees all existence as basically interconnected and considerably the identical.
At HARPER'S in Chelsea, Greenwald's solo exhibition Library continues to discover the artist's fascination with panorama and the metaphysical, inviting us to discover a surreal realm of otherworldly botanicals, double moons and enigmatic pathways.
In oil stick and acrylic, Greenwald usually repeats motifs of timber and mountains via variations in mild and hue, nodding to the cyclical nature of the seasons and the way the time of day or 12 months influences how we understand the world round us.
The artist additionally incorporates autos that wind their means via the scenes and illuminate their environment. “These miniature cars symbolize the human vessel itself – a refined reminder that even essentially the most engineered sides of the Anthropocene are just one piece within the grander puzzle of existence,” says a gallery assertion.
Along with Greenwald's organically formed canvas items, Library it additionally consists of sculptural parts such because the “Paper Towel Library,” a tiny, self-contained room crammed with books lined in colourful paper.
Product of reclaimed wooden salvaged from an 18th-century barn in western Massachusetts, the place the artist lives, the warehouse incorporates lots of of hand-bound books constructed from paper towel. Utilizing a cloth created particularly for use and thrown away, the artist considers how data is acquired, shared, preserved and valued.
Library continues via December 7 in New York. Discover extra on the artist's web site and Instagram.
