Erin Shirreff Kelowna, British Columbia, born 1975
Surface capital, 2022
Dye sublimation prints on aluminum, latex paint
Framed dimensions: 71 1/4 x 60 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches
181 x 153 x 14.6 cm
181 x 153 x 14.6 cm
Edition 1 of 5
Erin Shirreff’s work investigates the shifting distances between an object and its representations, and the effect of this mutability on one’s experience of an artwork across historical contexts and modes...
Erin Shirreff’s work investigates the shifting distances between an object and its representations, and the effect of this mutability on one’s experience of an artwork across historical contexts and modes of presentation. Her large-scale dye sublimations reproduce imagery from modern and contemporary art anthologies onto sheets of aluminum, which are then cut and arranged into dimensional, collage-like composition. These fragmented reproductions, magnified beyond their original legibility, evoke surfaces of bronze, steel, glass, and resin to emphasize materiality independent of a physical medium. Fields of half-tone dots and flinty hatching are veiled by vibrant slices of color, coalescing into what is perceived as a singular, composite structure.
