BLACK MARBLE BUST, 2022
From slightly disturbing clinical representations to “a world more in harmony with our desires”, our own flesh is both an ideal and a reminder of our actual materiality—a theme that Elliot Purse is exploring in his works expanding on his earlier XXL series.
Elliot Purse (B. 1989, Chicago) is an artist based in Brooklyn NY. His work engages themes of masculinity, sports entertainment, and classicism in sharply rendered charcoal drawings and paintings.