ERIC WHITE
Rizzoli
208 pages, Hardcover, 13 x 10 inches, 2015
The first comprehensive and long-overdue monograph of visual artist Eric White, containing mostly previously unpublished work. White generates a world of psychologically charged narratives in his masterfully executed and surreal figurative paintings. His work is inspired by cinema—especially the golden age of Hollywood—and by an obscure pop culture seen through the lens of a satirical and fantastical schizophrenic dream logic. This book covers the breadth of his career so far, from his earliest acrylics, oils, and works on paper, to his subverted album cover paintings, to work he describes as paranoid social realism, to his "1/3 Scale Retrospective" installations. White's work opens a window into an alternate universe, one that is distorted, dark, and extremely witty.
WHO ARE PARENTS
Perceval Press
48 pages, Hardcover, 9 x 6 inches, 2005
Unique and compelling, figurative artist Eric White's works are exquisitely rendered “paintings about dreams about films.” Using found imagery – often from Hollywood's Golden Age – White layers image upon image to create paintings that are at once surreal and hyperreal. In his 2004 solo exhibition “Who Are Parents?” White applied this approach to the theme of childhood memories, divorce, parental authority, and disappointment. In this expanded catalog, the artist further explores the perception of family through paintings from the show, additional work, personal photographs, and other contributions. Limited edition, signed and numbered.
IT FEEDS ITSELF
Last Gasp
111 pages, Hardcover / Softcover, 10 x 10 inches, 2003
Eric White's hyper-intensive, distortedly lucid paintings explore the shifting boundaries between beauty and horror. Developing out of the artist's fascination with the illusionary properties and constructions of film, the paintings examine the varying layers of human perception by manipulating planes of focus and the reliability of form and color. With work from four different gallery shows as well as his miscellaneous work, this is a comprehensive collection of Eric White's career as an artist.
BLUE FOLDS OF SKIN
Smart Art Press
36 pages, Softcover, 9 x 6 inches, 1999
A complete departure from the intensive, hyper-anal paintings that Eric White is known for, Blue Folds of Skin is an informal and unrestricted romp through the warped pages of the artist's sketchbooks. Grotesque drawings, obscure texts, dream recollections, amateur poetry, deconstructions of existing paintings, and photos superimposed with frenetic scribbles all merge in this printed collage to explore themes of paranoia, dysfunctional sexuality, metaphysics, eroticism, nostalgia, and joy.