Erik Sommer (born February 25, 1978) is an American contemporary artist and curator based in New York City."MoMA P.S.1 Studio Visit- Erik Sommer" MoMA 2014 Best known for his weathered paintings and cement installations,"Erik Sommer's Cement Paintings" Beautiful/Decay 1/26/11 his work is often compared to abandoned buildings, eroding stone or forgotten structures."Watching Paint Peel" New. York. Art. Crit. 12/17/10 The layers of his paintings peel off the supports, while his cement installations recreate scenes that feel to have been recently abandoned.
Career Sommer has been exhibiting in both solo and group shows since 2010."Handbook of Research on Computational and Creative Informatics" 2009 Pray To Fallen Skies,"Rook&Raven Open Erik Sommer's First UK Solo Show" ArtDaily News 12/3/2012 His first solo UK show, opened at Rook & Raven in London in November 2012. Consisting of large all-white canvases, the work was exhibited in separate viewing rooms; access to these rooms was limited so that viewers could privately immerse themselves with the work."Erik Sommer at his debut UK solo show" Purple.Fr 12/6/2012
And Riding Clouds, which opened in New York City in April 2013,"And Riding Clouds Press Release" 4/25/2013 featured Sommer's first cement installation. Apt. 4B consisted of found objects collected throughout the city, which were then cemented and arranged to recreate the living room of a New York City apartment. The show was reviewed favorably by Robert C. Morgan in World Sculpture News."World Sculpture News" Spring 2013
Painting, Interior, a cement installation of a room being painted, was shown in New York in October 2015. In July 2016 Sommer created and exhibited Die Chemische Reining, a cement installation of a dry cleaner, in Berlin. KALTBLUT Magazine, one of Berlin's leading art and fashion magazines, reviewed the show along with an in-depth interview with Sommer.'"Erik Sommer: Artist of the Week" KALTBLUT Magazine 8/31/2016
Sommer's cement installation of a car, Volvo 240, was displayed in Red Hook "To Do" New York Magazine 7/23/17 during the summer of 2017 before being part of the Occupy Mana exhibition at Mana Contemporary.
In May 2018 Sommer first displayed his street poster and drywall paintings at a group show in Bushwick. In September 2018 he presented his newest cement installation, a cemented recreation of a dentist office titled 1 Hour Tooth Whitening, at Deli Grocery in Brooklyn.1 Hour Tooth Whitening DELI GROCERY 9/2018
In 2019 Sommer founded Mott Projects, a contemporary art project space.
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