Erik Friedman

Variance #36 - des Esseintes garden

Ink, gouache, Xerox, and spray paint on paper

11" x 14"

2022

The Variance series begins as an investigation that considers the structural foundation of form and shape within pictorial space, related specifically to visual language and the deconstruction and obliteration of typographic letter forms. Its ongoing progression is inspired by metaphorical ideas related to Gaston Bachelard’s “The Poetics of Space” and Joris-Karl Huysmans “Against Nature”.

The Variance series begins as an investigation that considers the structural foundation of form and shape within pictorial space, related specifically to visual language and the deconstruction and obliteration of typographic letter forms. Its ongoing progression is inspired by metaphorical ideas related to Gaston Bachelard’s “The Poetics of Space” and Joris-Karl Huysmans “Against Nature”.