About The Work
Hammer, Stick, Same thang, 2017 is an edition that is based off an original painting. In this work, Awol has appropriated the iconic arm & hammer image and logo which is both localized and ubiquitous and appears across the country in interchangeable locales, signifying a variety of ethnicities and communities. Stripping the logo of its relationship to the ancient mythologies and products and the surrounding urban landscapes, it becomes both a meditation on post-Warholian production, and a response to color theory recalling Joseph Albers’ pedagogical exercises that influenced Erizku when he was a student at Cooper Union. The original artwork was painted on sheets of OSB instead of canvas and teeters on the divide between the studio and the street responding to different moments in art history, as well as the constantly evolving surface of the city.
About Awol Erizku
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Six-color full-bleed silkscreen on Coventry Rag 335gsm
Edition prices will increase as they sell.
24.00 x 20.00 in
61.0 x 50.8 cm
This work is signed on a label adhered on verso.
About The Work
Hammer, Stick, Same thang, 2017 is an edition that is based off an original painting. In this work, Awol has appropriated the iconic arm & hammer image and logo which is both localized and ubiquitous and appears across the country in interchangeable locales, signifying a variety of ethnicities and communities. Stripping the logo of its relationship to the ancient mythologies and products and the surrounding urban landscapes, it becomes both a meditation on post-Warholian production, and a response to color theory recalling Joseph Albers’ pedagogical exercises that influenced Erizku when he was a student at Cooper Union. The original artwork was painted on sheets of OSB instead of canvas and teeters on the divide between the studio and the street responding to different moments in art history, as well as the constantly evolving surface of the city.
About Awol Erizku
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Hang This and Take a Stand!
- Interviews & Features: 10 surprisingly affordable high-flex works
- Interviews & Features: Artist Awol Erizku on Using Music and Pop Culture to Make "Blackness as Accessible as Possible"
- Interviews & Features: Year in Review: Here Are the Most Talked About Artists of 2017
- Interviews & Features: 10 Artists to Watch This December
- Desired framing specifications from the artist:
- 1” Face x 2” Depth (1/2” Lip of Frame)
- Finish is Custom Painted to match background of the work
- Art is mounted to 1/8” Sintra Board
- Mount is fit to lip of frame with no spacer or glazing (aluminum barrier tape lines lip to buffer photo)
- Foam Backing Board
- Beveled Wood Liner Flushes out the back (beveled for cleated installation)
- Screw Fit Back
- This work is a varied edition of 50, of which 25 are blue and 25 are yellow. Each silkscreen comes unframed.
- Ships in 7 to 10 business days from New York.
- This work is final sale and not eligible for return.
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