Ernest Eggleston
Doraville, GA
SIX
13" x 32" x 3"
$1700
THREE
9.5" x 13.5" x 1.5"
$145
ONE
10" x 12" x 3"
$285
TWO
10.5" x 9" x 2"
$215
Questions about an item or an artist?
What happens to your kid's school lunch tray? Ernest Eggleston can tell you - and show you. Ernest works for a company that recycles the foam trays that we use everywhere. Their biggest suppliers of the used trays are school systems. The trays are melted down at a temperature of 450 degrees, then squeezed through a series of machines until they emerge as tiny pellets. The pellets are in turn sold to the companies that produce the foam material. So just like the recycling symbol illustrates, the end becomes the beginning and the beginning the end. So what does this have to do with the art objects you see here? When the molten goo is squeezed through the machinery, a certain amount is spilled. It is this spillage material that Ernest has transformed into these glistening abstract hanging sculptures. Ernest guides the hot liquid into shapes as it is spilled. Once the material cools, the piece becomes solid and heavy. The golden color comes from the material itself - there is no paint or other coloring added - giving the sculptures the look of spun gold or bronze. The nuances of the colors are surprisingly complex when the objects catch the light. Each sculpture is different in form and every pair of eyes imagines seeing something different. So the answer to the question, "what does that look like to you?" really tells us more about the viewer than the art.
FIVE
10" x 11.5" x 2"
$500
FOUR
10" x 10" x 2"
$330
