Erik Oliver Anders

In Erik Oliver Anders' work, there is something that connects his different subjects, something that is more than just a formal singularity or a stylistic characteristic: it is the “drop of paint”.
His painting techniques are inspired by the early atomic teachings of Ancient Greece (for example those of philosopher Democritus, who lived around 450 BC) or by the Indian "Milinda Panha", a dialogue between the Buddhist sage Nāgasena and the Indo-Greek king Menander I about the whole and its parts (200-100 BC), as well as by modern particle physics. Nothing in essence is as it appears. Most of what we consider as solid matter is void. For his pictures, Erik Anders uses a basic building block: the drop of paint.
Here we find echoes of the pointillism of Georges Seurat from the 1880s - or clear parallels to the action painting of Jackson Pollock in the first half of the 20th century. Erik Anders also refers to a series of his works as "drippings".
Erik Anders’ intention is to control the drop, to use it purposefully. Over the past 15 years, he has become a "tamer” of paint drops. First, he lets the drop flow on the canvas (Anders also mentions Nitsch as a model). Lines are created. Rotating the canvas also changes the direction of th...

1988 – 1989; Künstlerische Volkshochschule Wien
1984 – 1986;Tanz Forum Wien

SOLOEXHIBITION:
2019 Galerie Weber Vilshofen, Deutschland
2018 Galerie am Kellerberg, Großkrut, NÖ
Art Hotel Galerie, Wien
2017 Lichtraum Eins / Wien
2016 Art@Nisselgasse / Wien
Lichtraum Eins / Wien
2013 Lichtraum Eins / Wien
2012 Galerie Merikon / Wien
2011 art-com gallery / Wien
2009 art-com gallery / Wien
1998 Volkskunde Museum / Wien
1997 BMW / Wiener Neustadt
1996 Salon Muscarina / Wien
Art im Leopold / Wien
Gymland Galerie / Baden
1995 Galerie FIO / Baden
Rock House Gallery / Wien
Atelier-Galerie / Vöcklabruck
Werbeagentur Mang-DMB&B / Wien
Studio Ausstellung / Wien
1992 Le Petit Galerie / Wien
1991 Le Petit Galerie / Wien



GROUPEXHIBITION:
2019 GalerieArtPKunstverein, Perchtoldsdorf, NÖ
Kunst am Börsepark, Wien
Arcade Galerie, Liezen, STMK.
Taxispalais Kunsthalle, Innsbruck, Tirol
Amtshaus Wieden, Wien
Arcade Galerie, Liezen, STMK.
Art Gallery Vienna, Wien
Atelier Moldovan, Wien
Kunst zu Recht, Wien
2018 Art Hotel Galerie, Wien
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