Lot 2106
Eric Knoche (NC, b. 1978), Chain
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
60 x 6 x 6 in.
Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
Originally from Minnesota, ceramic artist Eric Knoche lives and works in Asheville, NC where he shares an art studio with his wife, Kristin, and his son, Benji. Eric studied anthropology in India, poetry in California, taught ceramics at a college in Thailand, and drove a muffin truck in New York City before apprenticing to ceramist Jeff Shapiro. He later completed a short term apprenticeship to Japanese Living National Treasure, Isezaki Jun. Eric's work has exhibited extensively at various museums and galleries since 2005, including Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, NC; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA; among many others.
Eric's creations range from small vases to human size columns: "My work is influenced by machine parts, human anatomy (especially bones), written language, plants, dance moves, clouds."
Eric writes that his chain series evolved from personal family experience: "In 2014 my dad died. It was sad, but not tragic. He was 82 and ready to go. For the two months preceding his death I moved home to be with my parents. My brother and maternal grandmother were living there at this time as well. Also, I get debilitating back spasms from time to time and had one of these episodes just as I moved home. Over the next two months my back healed, my dad died and I spent everyday immersed in my childhood home. Each day my spine would unwind a little and with each bit of progress I would feel the release of some sort of ‘emotional memory.’ It was from that experience that this series evolved."
Artist biography courtesy of Blue Spiral 1 and the artist's website.
Good estate condition.
