Eric Fertman

Monuments to both past and future, Eric Fertman’s wooden constructs take root in the imagination suggesting new possibilities forged from ancient and modern histories. Drawing upon the Russian Suprematists and Philip Guston, film noir and the Sunday comics, the work gallops through time on Olive Oyl’s oversized shoes. Seamlessly mixing high and low culture, the artist assigns equal value to Malevich as to Raymond Chandler. Working in wood and metal, Fertman inflects these inert materials with humor and humanity, charming both object and viewer in the process. 

Fertman has exhibited nationally including solo shows at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-Salem, NC, The Kemper Museum in Kansas City, MO, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York and in a two-person presentation at Time Equities, Inc., NYC for The Art-in-Buildings Program. 

Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery