{"id":1939,"date":"2016-12-07T06:36:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T06:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hsgcontemporary.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=1939"},"modified":"2016-12-07T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T06:48:15","slug":"eric-beckerich-wild-birds-mortar-and-wood-sculpture-600-00","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/?project=eric-beckerich-wild-birds-mortar-and-wood-sculpture-600-00","title":{"rendered":"Eric Beckerich \u201cWild Birds\u201d mortar and wood sculpture, $600.00"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1871\" style=\"width: 832px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1871\" class=\" wp-image-1871\" src=\"http:\/\/hsgcontemporary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wild-birds-2.jpg\" alt=\" Eric Beckerich \u201cWild Birds\u201d detail\" width=\"822\" height=\"737\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Beckerich \u201cWild Birds\u201d detail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1869\" style=\"width: 822px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1869\" class=\" wp-image-1869\" src=\"http:\/\/hsgcontemporary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wild_birds-1.jpg\" alt=\" Eric Beckerich \u201cWild Birds\u201d detail\" width=\"812\" height=\"601\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Beckerich \u201cWild Birds\u201d detail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since 2007, Eric has been creating mortar and wood sculptures, which have evolved with the addition of glass, metal, stone and small found objects.<\/p>\n<p>The Birds and Wild Birds are an abstract interpretation of watercolor paintings Eric did while living in Hoboken, depicting the variety of birds feeding on his fire escape. He carefully sliced small pieces of wood to create the suggestion of wings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of my work is meant to be held and played with, like some kind of fine art toys. My works have a quantum nature about them that incorporates elements of architecture, painting, drawing and sculpture. They can be arranged and rearranged, offering infinite compositional possibilities and experiences. Viewed individually, they resemble rare objects that beg to be explored and appreciated for their intriguing depth and complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His large-scale sculpture, the Essex Column, is on permanent exhibit at the Wildflower Sculpture Park in South Mountain Reservation. Another large piece recently won \u2018First in Sculpture\u2019 at the JCC Juried Show in Whippany.<\/p>\n<p>His work has been exhibited throughout Essex County. One chronicler of the New York art scene has called his sculptures \u201cbeautifully simple and mysterious\u201d, and commented, \u201cThere is something new under the sun!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Since 2007, Eric has been creating mortar and wood sculptures, which have evolved with the addition of glass, metal, stone and small found objects. The Birds and Wild Birds are an abstract interpretation of watercolor paintings Eric did while living in Hoboken, depicting the variety of birds feeding on his fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[25],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1939","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-heart-wood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project\/1939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1939"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project\/1939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1949,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project\/1939\/revisions\/1949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproject_category&post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproject_tag&post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}