Today we’d like to introduce you to Alec Egan.
Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
I’m from LA, and I come from a family of artists. My grandmother was a painter, my mother is an actress, my dad is a theater director. I was almost conditioned to be interested in the arts. I first went to school for creative writing and imagined I would ultimately be a writer. Something about the physicality of painting de-railed those plans and here I am, still painting.
Please tell us about your art.
I think you can tell I came to fine art from writing. My paintings are about this conflict between representation and language and conflating their similarities. There’s a highly decorative thing going on with the flowers and wallpaper where on one hand they almost blend in with each other. But they are all paintings within paintings, mapping out the cerebral through actual space. They are nostalgic but that “familiarity” is also haunting. The newer paintings also experiment with text, so they continue this construction, they also build a poem when grouped together.
Given everything that is going on in the world today, do you think the role of artists has changed? How do local, national or international events and issues affect your art?
Don’t take people’s advice. Do it your way. It’s a completely subjective journey and you need to protect the inception of your original vision. Be ambitious, otherwise, what’s the point?
How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
I am represented by Anat Ebgi Gallery in Culver City.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: alec.egan
Image Credit:
All images courtesy of the artist and Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles. Photography by Michael Underwood.
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