Wienerschnitzel Nourishment - Erik Mark Sandberg

Erik Mark Sandberg, Westmister.

The majority of my works are allegorical narrative paintings. After completing my education at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, I wanted to continue my explorations into painting and process, and the inherent narrative quality of painting is what continues to lure me. I found that this quality gave me a way to dazzle and attract the viewer as well as a way to communicate through nuanced narratives. This initial attraction, which leads to an illumination of original intent, is also the initial goal of the work.

I am a strong advocate for studio practices and the process-based explorations of new materials. The assembled surfaces and the organization of various elements provide the works with characteristics that are attractive in the way that the seductive glow of a jewelry case inside of a low-end department store can be attractive.

The intent of my works is to convey the tension that lies between environments and their inhabitants. This duality is thus between the organic and inorganic, the living and dead and the basically the uncanny. Most of the works reference home and childhood memories. Others depict portrayals of a corrupt glamour-addicted society. The figures have the feeling of being trapped in their own manufactured composite reality and carry an atmosphere of ambiguous remembrance.

Society is becoming progressively disconnected. We are strung out by “Wienerschnitzel” nourishment, conversations through online, digital egos and wearing the same crappy pair of Gap khakis that my housing association’s resident Nazi wears.

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