Flowers on Bookshelf

DIMENSIONS 22" x 17.7" MEDIUM archival pigment print Limited edition of 50, 2017Accompanied by certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by the artist Alec Egan is a Los Angeles based painter. Egan explores the rituals of American domesticity through dynamically rendered interiors devoid of occupants, which allow signifiers of nostalgia to take center stage. Decorative patterns, tchotchkes, and other sentimental objects are repeated throughout his compositions; their repetition underscores and enhances their intensity, lending a psychedelic kaleidoscopic view into an otherwise banal scene. In Flowers on Bookshelf, a bouquet of flowers camouflages with floral patterned wallpaper, simultaneously flattening and creating depth within the composition. The scene echoes with Egan's characteristic dry sense of humor, which constructs a fictitious remembrance rooted in the idolatry of objects. Framing option is white or black painted wood, 7/8” wide flat face and 7/8” deep, with UV acr