Greenville, 2014
Graphite, resin and funeral ashes on panel36 x 24 inches
Sue, 2013
Graphite, resin and funerary ashes on gessoed panel50 x 33 inches
L.M.R. (boy), 2013
Graphite, resin and funerary ashes on gessoed panel36 x 30 inches
Kirtland, 2013
Graphite, resin and funerary ashes on gessoed panel11 x 14 inches
Spruce, 2013
Graphite, resin and funerary ashes on gessoed panel11 x 14 inches
Magic Kingdom, 2013
Graphite, resin and funerary ashes on gessoed panel14 x 11 inches
MOTHER, 2014
Silkscreen ink and funerary ashes on panel50 x 56 inches
Ashes, 2014
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Like artists Marc Quinn or Janine Antoni who use bodily materials to instill meaning in their work, Ericsson uses a silkscreen process and mixes his mother’s funerary ashes into the...
Like artists Marc Quinn or Janine Antoni who use bodily materials to instill meaning in their work, Ericsson uses a silkscreen process and mixes his mother’s funerary ashes into the printing medium. The gesture could be compared with Indonesian tree burials. An organic ritual that gives vitality to human remains so that they’ll grow back into the world. The ‘tree’ Ericsson constructs around his family is elaborate and rich. This is not a tomb or stagnant monument, but rather a dynamic and subversive method of scattering.