Yoakim Belanger

Endangered Species

2019

Mixed media - artwork can be shipped only framed in a crate

Acrylic and resin on stainless steel - artwork can be shipped only framed in a crate

Depicts a sandy beach populated with swimmers and sunbathers. Mixed media artwork by Eric Zener. Employing a multi-layered materials process, Zener has combined hand gilding, resin pours, photography, and oil or ink printing, achieving a depth and vibrancy not possible when using oils on canvas. These pieces will be the last of their kind available to the public, since the technical means by which they were produced is no longer existent. Zener has characteristically approached his work with an eye to articulating enigmatic human encounters with life challenges. Expanses of water, and occasionally sky, have served as his backdrop, which he has peopled with swimmers and divers and walkers of tightropes. On occasion even the swooping slides of water parks...

Mixed Media on Paper Inked Mylar scorched and fused On white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper w/ Pencil and Metal Leaf Edition : Unique

Mixed Media on Paper Inked Mylar scorched and fused On white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper w/ Pencil and Metal Leaf Edition : Unique

Materials: Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood Artist Statement: Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict between our behavior in our most intimate moments and our desire to appear as ambassadors of a white-picket-fence America. Using materials sourced from the suburban landscape, such as paint chip samples from Home Depot...