Loren Erdrich
Campfire For Ghosts
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Campfire for Ghosts is Loren Erdrich’s debut solo-presentation with SHRINE.
Using organic and synthetic dyes, and raw pigments mixed only with water, Loren Erdrich creates atmospheric images that drift in and out of focus and wholly embody the unpredictable nature and fluidity of water.
Erdrich guides us into a realm existing somewhere between the tangible Earthly world and the spiritual beyond. Fire is the centerpiece of her show, serving as the great leveler and also a source for renewal and redemption.
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This exhibition is online-only and the second in a series of digital shows at SHRINE that highlight new gallery artists. These exhibitions feature never-before-seen artworks, images of the artists’ studios, virtual installation vantages, looping videos and details of individual works.
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Air, 2021, water, raw pigment, synthetic and organic dye on canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Everywhere Alive, 2021, water, raw pigment, synthetic and organic dye on canvas, 56 x 52 in.
This Body on Body, 2021, water, raw pigment, synthetic and organic dye on canvas, 19 x 16 in.
Birthday, 2021, water, raw pigment, synthetic and organic dye on canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Photograph: Nicholas Knight
My paintings are forged out of a reciprocal relationship between medium and content. Unbound synthetic and organic pigments are applied to canvas and muslin, mixed solely with water. Utilizing water as my guide gives rise to a world that embraces fluidity.
— Loren Erdich
The Biggest Baby in Outer Space, 2021, water, raw pigment, organic and synthetic dye, and watercolor crayon on muslin, 20 x 22 in.
Organs on the Outside, 2021, water and synthetic dye on canvas, 30 x 24 in.
Photograph: Nicholas Knight
Saving Face, 2021, water, raw pigment, organic and synthetic dye, colored pencil, and watercolor crayon on muslin, 56 x 52 in.
Photograph: Nicholas Knight
“I lean towards moments which dissolve the separation between outside and inside, me and you, this world and the other-worldly. ”
Spirit Fire, 2021, water, organic and synthetic dye on canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Slow Fire, 2021, water, raw pigment, organic and synthetic dye on canvas, 12 x 9 in.
Campfire For Ghosts, 2021, water, raw pigment, organic and synthetic dye and watercolor crayon on canvas, 56 x 52 in.
© Photograph by Nicholas Knight
The Stirring, 2021, water, raw pigment, organic and synthetic dye and water color crayon on muslin, 52 x 56 in.
The Arsonist, 2021, water, raw pigment, organic and synthetic dye, and watercolor crayon on muslin, 56 x 52 in.
Loren Erdrich in her studio photo: Neil Kramer
Loren Erdrich is a painter living and working in New York. Erdrich has been awarded residencies at the Jentel Foundation, Santa Fe Art Institute, Sculpture Space, the Vermont Studio Center and thrice at Art Farm Nebraska. She has notably exhibited with Shrine, Harper’s, and the Spring Break Art Show in New York, Wasserman Projects in Detroit and Guts Gallery in the UK. Erdrich frequently collaborates with the poet Sierra Nelson, coauthoring the award winning I Take Back the Sponge Cake (published by Rose Metal Press) and Isolation (limited edition, 2020). She holds a MFA from the Burren College of Art at the National University of Ireland, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.