You learn something new everyday, or at least you try. Discovery is the ultimate goal for many of us, and if it happens on a daily basis, well you can’t really ask for more. Today was the first time I set eyes on Eric White’s paintings, and ever since reading a recent interview with him, I can’t stop thinking about his work. Best compared to the likes of Salvador Dali, his paintings are heavily influenced by alternate realities, including the dream state and metaphysics.
Rather than regurgitate the interview in it’s entirety, I thought I’d focus on his art and leave the rest up to your interpretation. Surely one could argue that there are 1000′s of Eric White’s out there, as his style is anything but revolutionary. Furthermore, he’s not the first person whose paintings have focused on a warped sense of time, space, science and pop culture. Even so, you don’t have to be the first person to do something, to be recognized as the best to ever do it. The first guy to climb Mount Everest was great, but he may have lost four toes on the way down. In any case, I can’t remember the last time I looked at a painting and got it stuck in my head all day long. While breathtakingly beautiful, White’s work is also frighteningly disturbing. A great find, on the first day this site can be viewed by the general population.
If you’re in the NYC area, be sure to check out his two new paintings at Sloan Fine Art’s inaugural exhibition.
