ERICA EYRES
The Rusty Toque | Issue 8 | Visual Art | June 30, 2015
G. Graphite on Paper. 11 x 11 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Bowling. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Ann. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Jane. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Mike. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Mr. S. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Shopping for Shoes. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Stella. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
Swimmers. Graphite on Paper, 11.5 x 17 inches.
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
2015
Image Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Kehler Art + Projects
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
I began this series of drawings while working on a zine with a friend. I
borrowed a collection of old porn magazines from someone, and quickly
became addicted to the 'Reader's Wives' section in one called *Fiesta*
magazine. During the 1970s, *Fiesta* asked readers to submit pictures of
their wives and girlfriends, establishing a concept that was later adopted
by other soft porn and lad magazines. Also featured, was a section called
"One For The Ladies", or "Reader's Own", that showed images of nude men. As
the photos are pre-digital, they have a distinct awkwardness, but
simultaneously lack the self-conscious, staged quality of the modern
"selfie". The immediacy of digital photography allows you to take pictures
of yourself with your phone, to practice in the mirrored camera, and to
repeatedly delete until you get the right one. These images offer a more
complicated narrative in which you imagine the situation that the
photograph was taken in; you wonder about the other person who is taking
the photo, what their relationship is to the model, and their motive for
mailing it in. Some of the more recent drawings are taken from a nudist
magazine called H & E (Health and Efficiency). The images are never
offensive or pornographic, just depicting people who engage in mundane
activities whilst being naked.
ERICA EYRES (born in Winnipeg, Canada 1980) lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Eyres graduated with a MFA from Glasgow School of Art in 2004. She has had solo exhibitions at The Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow and the Kunsthaus, Erfurt, with selected group exhibitions including PS1, New York, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, The Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland, and The Collective, Edinburgh. Her work is in international collections including The Rubell Family Collection, Miami and The David Roberts Collection, London.
Upcoming shows include a solo exhibition*, Holidays In The Future*, at Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, September 2015.
Website: http://www.ericaeyres.com
Upcoming shows include a solo exhibition*, Holidays In The Future*, at Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, September 2015.
Website: http://www.ericaeyres.com