{"title":"Natalie Erickson","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatalie Erickson - Three Series in Miniature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatalie Erickson is an artist based in Portland who makes incredible miniature oil paintings. For this new solo show she has made three distinct and meaningful series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eDeath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eComes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e For \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eUs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eAll\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough miniature still lives of skulls, decaying flowers and dead birds Natalie speaks \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e our inevitable mortality as the great unifier of a deeply divided humanity. We are currently in especially tumultuous times in terms of great social, spiritual and political division and this series calls \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e attention the fact that in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003edeath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and decay we are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the same. On the journey \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this inescapable destination the choice of whether you arrive as a beautiful individual or an ugly one is entirely yours \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e make.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLet’s Play Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatalie’s miniature portraits of action figures explore the idea of manufactured and prescribed masculinity. In our modern reality we know that the spectrum of gender identity is much broader than the relics of our childhood might suggest, and that those lines are becoming ever more blurred. In direct response \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this social progression there is a wave of genera rigidity that belongs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a not-too-distant era in which these roles were much more clearly defined. The action figures of our youth are a great vehicle for exploring the notion of how people who grew up playing with them were expected \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e behave and who they may have become.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQueers of the Court\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these beautiful, renaissance influenced, depictions of members of the queer community the artist is presenting individuals in a way which portrays their individuality rather than viewing them through a lens of stereotype. In response \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e her frustration at the often overly sexualized or commodified way in which people are often presented, and the idea that their actual personality can be overlooked through intense emphasis on their sexual orientation or gender identity as the primary distinguishing factor.\u003c\/span\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"natalie-erickson-rebirth-triptych","title":"Natalie Erickson - Rebirth Triptych","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on panel in vintage frames \/\/ 14\" x 18\" \/\/ **SOLD**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece was created for BRINK 2016, 20% from proceeds of this piece will be donated to the Audubon Society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antler Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5314600992801,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2542\/0006\/products\/2947030_orig.jpg?v=1514611389"},{"product_id":"natalie-erickson-beautiful-decay","title":"Natalie Erickson - 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