1905 Building

Eric N. Mack’s paintings and sculptures interweave purchased and found materials, abstract painting, soft sculpture, wearable fashion, display devices, and expanding notions of beauty. In his first solo museum exhibition, Mack (American, born 1987) presents works from 2011 to the present that abut, but do not resolve, resplendent forms with improbable functions.

In his work, Mack seems to grapple with the traditional schism between fine art and fashion through his direct engagement with clothing’s cycle of novelty, outmodedness, and eventual decrepitude. However abstract they appear, Mack’s works always smuggle the body into the exhibition space. Here, fashion serves as a means to elaborate an intimate approach to painting, a desire to frame everyday life.