Erik thor sandberg

Erik Thor Sandberg is a contemporary artist whose work serves as a visceral dialogue between himself and the viewer. His art delves into the heart of human identity, skillfully intertwining established erik thor sandberg personal symbols in secular narratives that traverse the dual realms of vice and virtue. Sandberg's scenes, often featuring characters ensnared in their self-made calamities, foster empathy rather than judgement, erik thor sandberg, underscoring the compelling allure of human fallibility. His creations present a delicate balance between beauty and the grotesque, crafting an imagined universe that hovers, disquietingly, on the brink of reality.

He currently lives and works in Washington, DC. He got involved in art at high school, when drawing fired up his imagination which his school subjects never did. Once in college he began to develop a passion for artistic communication; deciphering other artists and endeavouring to engage in a symbolic dialogue became his major ambition. So he started to express himself through oil painting and from that moment on he would never look back. Mainly as a self-taught painter he perfected his technique drawing inspiration from great masters such as Goya, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Mike Mignola, Walton Ford. His works are often centred on the expressive and allegorical power of the nude. Fundamentally narrative paintings they are both traditional and personal.

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All my work has my identity, obviously, but this body of work is more directly autobiographical. It analogizes how a house full of people functions as a singular organism. I never thought of a family or household that way before. The jumble of interwoven figures appears to revolve. It has no head or tail, no beginning or end. It is ever present.

Erik thor sandberg

Erik Thor Sandberg is a contemporary artist whose work serves as a visceral dialogue between himself and the viewer. His art delves into the heart of human identity, skillfully intertwining established and personal symbols in secular narratives that traverse the dual realms of vice and virtue. Sandberg's scenes, often featuring characters ensnared in their self-made calamities, foster empathy rather than judgement, underscoring the compelling allure of human fallibility.

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Mainly as a self-taught painter he perfected his technique drawing inspiration from great masters such as Goya, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Mike Mignola, Walton Ford. Erik Thor Sandberg Once in college he began to develop a passion for artistic communication; deciphering other artists and endeavouring to engage in a symbolic dialogue became his major ambition. He is currently showing his new work in the Connersmith gallery, in Washington, DC. Erik Thor Sandberg is a contemporary artist whose work serves as a visceral dialogue between himself and the viewer. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Erik Sandberg creates dark dreamscapes where the protagonists live engulfed in the chaos of a decadent dance of interactions which verge on lucid madness. Claudia Ducalia Claudia Ducalia was born in Rome. Erik Thor Sandberg The bodies of the men and women portrayed are simultaneously beautiful and grotesque, and their impending actions within the narrative constitute visceral allegories which present a psychological portrait of us as a species, with all our failings, vices and virtues, confusion and hope, paranoia and striving for freedom. His is an ouevre which straddles Magic Realism and Surrealism. In the illustration she worked and still working on illustrated books, book covers, and LP covers. Erik Thor Sandberg The human layers flake apart in a cascade of lies, infinite human frailty veiled by unlimited superstructures of delirious omnipotence, anatomies of bodies which emerge through the solid, viscous shadows softly enfolding them, placing them in the foreground: actions, message, communication, dialogue which the artist feels an incessant need to engage in with the onlooker in a continual balancing act between hope and nonchalance that this missive be received and understood.

His artworks are skillfully created compositions of narrative scenes. They seem to start a conversation between the artist and the viewer. Furthermore, his narrative paintings ask questions about the human identity as well as our own consciousness with all the strengths, fears and weaknesses.

He currently lives and works in Washington, DC. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Please contact us if you would like to buy an original painting by Erik Thor Sandberg or to be notified when we have new available art for sale. His is an ouevre which straddles Magic Realism and Surrealism. Manage consent. The bodies of the men and women portrayed are simultaneously beautiful and grotesque, and their impending actions within the narrative constitute visceral allegories which present a psychological portrait of us as a species, with all our failings, vices and virtues, confusion and hope, paranoia and striving for freedom. Accept Deny View preferences Save preferences View preferences. I am here, I love you. He is currently showing his new work in the Connersmith gallery, in Washington, DC. Search for: Search. Erik Thor Sandberg - "Rested" - oil on panel. Erik Thor Sandberg The themes vary from one series to the next but the fundamental need remains to show the different facets of humanity in an unflinching contrast between what is beautiful and good and what is bad or ugly. Erik Sandberg creates dark dreamscapes where the protagonists live engulfed in the chaos of a decadent dance of interactions which verge on lucid madness. Erik Thor Sandberg - "Dance" - oil on panel. Visual Inspirations.