"Ebb"

Erin Langley, 2018
Acrylic, latex, ink, charcoal, pastel on wood panel

‘I glean, filter, and re-metabolize found and cast-off materials into complex assemblages that reveal toxic histories. These bricolages examine unfathomable networks in cycles of proliferation, contamination, and decay. Pseudo-naturalistic, the forms are ambiguous and pulsating, suggestive of the necropastoral: graffiti on rocks, bowerbirds’ mating displays, lingering pesticides in soil. The past consumes our futures and infects our present.”