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Erik Lindman

"My work often uses anonymous found surfaces as compositional elements: found sheets of painted luan, fragments of plastic armatures, or marred shards of stainless steel are joined, glued, and screwed together, initiating a cascade of decisions that ultimately articulate value and attention.

Cropping, awareness of scale and use of negative space combine with the absorbency, luminosity and superficial variation of these surfaces. All of this activity opens a space within the world around me, specifically focusing attention on painting’s cultural ramifications and the plain facts of their existence. I continually attempt to construct painting anew, calling attention to the reality that surface is always a coming together of materials made to adhere to each other. In this same way, my sculpture is an extension of this practice, but unlike the paintings, they investigate a sequential series of viewpoints, each dissimilar and separate from the next.

Instead of assuming a wholly autobiographical stance, my presence as an artist serves as a conduit through which each individual viewer is invited to participate in the shared activity of remaking our world, here and now, out of the things that exist around and within us."

— Erik Lindman

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Selected artworks

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Lathyrus, 2015 - 2016

    Erik Lindman Lathyrus, 2015 - 2016

    Oil on panel
    50.8 x 40.6 x 3 cm
    54 x 44 x 5 cm (framed)
    20 x 16 x 1 1/8 Inches
    21 3/8 x 17 5/16 x 2 Inches (framed)

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Pisces, 2018

    Erik Lindman Pisces, 2018

    Acrylic with collaged canvas, cotton twill webbing, sisal rope and luan on linen
    228,6 x 218,4 x 5,1 cm
    90 x 86 x 2 Inches

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Peregrine, 2018-2019

    Erik Lindman Peregrine, 2018-2019

    Acrylic with collaged canvas, woven and cotton twill webbing and sisal rope on linen
    299.7 x 190.5 x 5.1 cm
    118 x 75 x 2 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Lednek, 2014-2019

    Erik Lindman Lednek, 2014-2019

    Oil on panel
    40.6 x 50.8 x 2.9 cm
    44 x 54 x 5 cm (framed)
    16 x 20 x 1 1/8 Inches
    17 5/16 x 21 5/16 x 2 Inches (framed)

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Nackareservatet, 2019

    Erik Lindman Nackareservatet, 2019

    Epoxy resin putty and paste, wood, wire, styrofoam, brass rod, and acrylic paint
    10 x 60 x 16 cm
    3 7/8 x 23 5/8 x 6 1/4 Inches

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Après Aurore, 2021

    Erik Lindman Après Aurore, 2021

    Found metal, epoxy resin putties and pastes, wood and enamel paint on plywood base
    45.7 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm
    18 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Chaparral, 2022

    Erik Lindman Chaparral, 2022

    Acrylic, collaged canvas webbing and tarlatan on linen

    139.7 x 149.9 cm
    55 x 59 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Ateljé III, 2022

    Erik Lindman Ateljé III, 2022

    Acrylic and collaged tarlatan and cotton webbing on linen

    198.1 x 203.2 x 5.1 cm; 78 x 80 x 2 in (unframed)
    202.5 x 208 x 7 cm; 79 3/4 x 81 7/8 x 2 3/4 in (framed)

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Dipsas, 2022

    Erik Lindman Dipsas, 2022

    Acrylic, Flashe, collaged canvas webbing and tarlatan on linen
    170 x 150 cm
    67 x 59 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Lepidoptera, 2022

    Erik Lindman Lepidoptera, 2022

    Acrylic and collaged tarlatan and cotton webbing on linen
    100 x 126 cm
    39 1/2 x 49 1/2 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Lethaea, 2021-2023

    Erik Lindman Lethaea, 2021-2023

    Epoxy and urethane resins, plaster gauze, wood, metal, plastic and enamel paint
    71.1 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm
    28 x 12 x 14 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Malva, 2023

    Erik Lindman Malva, 2023

    Acrylic with oil stick, oil pastel and collaged canvas webbing and tarlatan on linen
    160 x 95 cm
    63 x 37 1/2 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Passerina, 2023

    Erik Lindman Passerina, 2023

    Acrylic and collaged canvas webbing on linen
    61 x 50.8 cm
    24 x 20 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Balke (Mandrake) IV, 2024

    Erik Lindman Balke (Mandrake) IV, 2024

    Acrylic, collaged webbing and tarlatan on panel
    136.5 x 120 x 3.8 cm
    53 3/4 x 47 1/4 x 1 1/2 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Caduceus, 2022

    Erik Lindman Caduceus, 2022

    Acrylic and collaged webbing on linen
    195.6 x 129.5 cm
    77 x 51 in

  • Erik Lindman,                                      Despina, 2022

    Erik Lindman Despina, 2022

    Acrylic and collaged canvas webbing and tarlatan on linen
    91.4 x 121.9 cm
    36 x 48 in

NSE #389 | Erik Lindman with Louis Block & Tom McGlynn

Selected press