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Friday Favorite: Erik Laffer

7/12/2013

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This Friday’s featured artist is Erik Laffer and his Cartography Series.
Digital Globe by Erik Laffer
Digital Globe, oil on canvas, 36" x 36"
From his artist statement:
I was born in Smithtown, New York, in 1982, and was the seventh of eight children. At the age of three, my family moved to a small town in upstate New York, where I lived until I was 14. Then we moved again, to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, New York. I have been moving ever since.

Given my nomadic background, it’s almost natural that I’ve come to express myself—rather look to shape my identity and better understand myself—in maps. 
 
My goal with the Cartography paintings is to, as J.B. Harley writes, “redescribe the world,” or at least the small world of Erik Laffer. 

There’s a popular expression: “you’ll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.” While I recognize the truth in this, I also believe there is great value in history and charting where we have been and where we are going. And this is what my Cartography Series represents.
Digital Atmosphere by Erik Laffer
Digital Atmosphere, oil on canvas, 48" x 48"
Magnetic Map by Erik Laffer
Magnetic Map, oil on canvas, 42" x 42"
Longitude and Latitude by Erik Laffer
Longitude and Latitude, oil on canvas, 48" x 50"
Learn more about Erik Laffer and his Cartography Series at his website here.
TGIF!
Mary^
1 Comment
Corrine link
7/12/2013 08:30:50 pm

Oh, nice work, thanks for sharing him. xox

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