Eric Blum Paintings
American, b. 1956
Eric Blum was educated at UCLA, St Martin’s College of Art and Design in London. Blum’s layered arrangements of ink-washed, wax-infused silk are rooted in modern painting techniques, yet activated by the experimental manipulation of his media. While initially drawing inspiration from the world around him, he dives into his work blindly, putting his materials through a process of layering, rotating, covering and uncovering, until he settles the elements into a visual anagram; no longer resembling his preconception. The ambiguity of Blum’s references and the elusiveness of his narrative are beguiling. Its parts don’t always go together, and when viewed anew it becomes something other than itself. Creating work that is more desirable, poetic or preposterous than when it began.
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Artist: Eric Blum
Eric Blum "Untitled no. 880" Ink, Silk, and Beeswax on Panel
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum mines the indeterminate area on the periphery of what is actually seen. The mostly monochromatic paintings employ his signature ingredients of ink, silk and beeswax. Transp...
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2010s Eric Blum Paintings
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Eric Blum "Untitled no. 977" Ink, Silk, and Beeswax on Panel
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum mines the indeterminate area on the periphery of what is actually seen. The mostly monochromatic paintings employ his signature ingredients of ink, silk and beeswax. Transp...
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2010s Eric Blum Paintings
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Eric Blum "Untitled no. 972" - Contemporary Mixed Media Painting on Panel
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum
Untitled no. 972, 2022
ink, silk & beeswax on panel
59 x 47 in.
(blum075)
In Eric Blum’s mostly monochromatic paintings, ink permeates silk in soft gradients, which abrupt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel
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