Sunday, July 31, 2011

All About You...Erika Lynne Hanson

Now for a little q & a with Erika Lynne Hanson now exhibiting in Untitled 8.

1. What is your first art related childhood memory?

Learning how to use a bead loom


2. As an artist, who is your biggest influence?

Nietzsche, Bruce Nauman, and Thomas Cole


3. What did you listen to in the studio while creating this show?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (first 4 books)

4. Name three unexpected items one would find in your studio.

Buckets of water (from collecting ice melt run off), A Huge Loom, a dollar bill on the floor.


5. What is your least favorite famous work of art?

I find Lichtenstein paintings pretty annoying


6. What art do you have hanging on your walls?

Exclusively landscape prints and paintings that have been collected from thrift and antique stores.


7. What are you working on now?

new weavings, sculptures and videos for my upcoming exhibition The Icebergs, in Kansas City this fall


8. What will the title of your retrospective at MOMA be?
Sabotage: transitory objects, microscopic cataclysms.

Thanks Erika!


To see more of Erika Lynne Hanson's work visit HERE.
Untitled 8 will be on view through August 21st.

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