Erik Šille | HAPPINESS IS WITHIN REACH

In playfulness and pop culture hidden criticism of society from the absolute Slovak peak and a real contemporary artist with an opinion. Limited edition: 100pcs, numbered, signed by the author.

Print Technique:	giclée, archive 12 -color pigment print
Paper:	100% cotton paper Hahnemühle Photo RAG 308G
Print size / in frame:	62 × 55 cm / 66 × 59 cm
Frame:	Wooden with UV plexiglass in the museum standard

Frame Frameless Black frame Wooden frame with oak veneer

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Erik Šille (b.

Erik is one of the most prominent personalities of contemporary Slovak painting, and has been holding this position sovereignly since his studies at VŠVA, when he attracted the fresh, pop culturally tempting painting language and colorful, seemingly carefree paintings. But his themes are often very dark, personal and often social-critical, which deliberately contrast with their appearance.

Erik Šille has had dozens of solo and group exhibitions in Slovak Republics and abroad, is a laureate of artistic prices (eg the Tatra Bank Foundation, painting - VIB Prize), represented in private and public collections.

Silvia L. Čúzyová, curator

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The selected work entitled "Happiness is within reach" captures the author's idea of social distance. The picture was painted at the beginning of the pandemic, when we all stayed at home, and is part of a series of more cruises with characters from animated series and fairy tales, as well as characters known from Šille. The boat is as if an allegorical car and the river (Danube) is in this understanding of the social network that is all happening to. Significantly, no one is looking at anyone, no one communicates with anyone, everyone watches their direction and only solves their own opinions and truths. It is a personal and very lonely struggle of every individual.

"I focus primarily on hard edge painting, ie painting sharp edges. I try to map and reflect contemporary society, its defects, whether social, cultural, or any other. And I show them in loud toxic colors.

This painting originated after my return from Japan, when the pandemic began. At that time, I noticed that there were very professional debates on social networks. I took the river as such an allegory of social networks and the boat as such an allegorical car that sails after that social network. On the boat there are 4 total iconic characters, but neither of them communicate with each other. The point is that everyone lives their lives and eliminates their truths over their mobiles and is carried away by the society, as well as the river flow. "

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