PROJECT ATRIUM: ETHAN MURROW
Plethora
JULY 16, 2016 - OCTOBER 30, 2016
IN HIS AMBITIOUS wall drawings, Boston-based Ethan Murrow combines found and invented imagery to form unexpected yet photorealistic scenes drenched with humor and irony. Using Sharpie markers, Murrow produces a larger-than-life human figure caught in the act of indulgence. As the figure devours masses of fresh food, the site-specific wall drawing exposes a moment of excess, gluttony, desire, and privilege. Inspired by still-life paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, Murrow's absurd fête questions the role of consumption and history of commerce as his character delves into his insatiable desires.
ARTIST
ETHAN MURROW
Ethan Murrow received his bachelor's degree from Carleton College and his MFA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Recent solo shows of drawings, video, and sculpture include La Galerie Particulière in Paris and Brussels, Slete Gallery in Los Angeles, Winston Wachter Fine Art in New York City and Seattle, and the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in West Virginia. Murrow was recently commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston to build a two-story wall drawing for the Feinberg Art Wall in the museum's lobby. His work is in many public, private, and corporate collections and has been reviewed and published widely around the world. Murrow is a professor at the Museum School at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Murrow is MOCA Jacksonville's 2017 Stein Prize recipient.
Photo by Stewart Clements Photo.