Study for Ring Series
Artist
Eric Tillinghast
(American, born 1974)
Date2000
Mediumacrylic on wood
Dimensions5/8 × 15 9/16 in. (1.6 × 39.5 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Lisa Neall Forman and Gabrielle Forman in memory of their parents, Irving and Natalie Forman, 2013
Object number2013.45.21
DescriptionA wooden ring that is painted black on 1/4 of its surface and white on the remaining 3/4.Text Entries
Eric Tillinghast is best known for his sustained exploration of water, a subject he has mined successfully in many ways over the years. His work gets to the core of sculpture (as volume), water (as elemental landscape), and Minimalism (as critical inquiry). At the same time, Tillinghast has explored three-dimensional form and color through reductive forms such as the ring. Although Tillinghast has been a resident of Santa Fe for a decade and a half, and this region was formative to his development as an artist. As an emerging artist, Eric has found national and international attention. This work broadens viewers’ understanding of his work as extending beyond water.
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