Johann Eyfells
Cloth, Paper & Rubber
United Nations Exhibit
Flat as Flat
La Prima Generazione
The Bronze Exhibit
Cloth Collapsions
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Beyond Atavism
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Johann Eyfells
 RUBBER COLLAPSION, mixed media Examplars (foreground), 1 6 feet x 16 feet x 4 inches Shrinkage (background), 9 feet x 9 feet x 4 inches |
Rubber CollapsionsThe large rubber collapsions such as Alluvium have multiple associations. A "skin" whose cratered surface could have formed over eons presents an all-over pattern of pockmarks and organic impressions which celebrates Eyfells' fascination with chaos and randomness. Segments recalls a fossil-like casting of petrified wood, laid out as a slab for the viewer to contemplate. |
| The paper collapsion, Wbirl, suggests forces responsible for creating tornadoes, hurricanes and galaxies. The stained and encrusted surface has an ancient quality which is reinforced by the eternal icon of a spiral, and like the event horizon formed by material spiraling into a black hole, it is these traces of elements that provide evidence that something momentous has occurred. In the words of the artist, the "indivisible, spaceless and placeless dimensions" are sought. | CLOTH
COLLAPSIONS, mixed media Slurred Encounters (left), I 0 feet x 1 0 feet x variable Botched (center), 8/2 feet x 8/2 feet x variable Slurred Geometry (right), 8/2 feet x 8/2 feet x variable  |