Zach Eberly

 Two Time Art Party Participant
       
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Artist’s Website

zacheberly.com

 

Artist’s Statement

My work exists in a paradox between past and present representations of human achievement. For us to progress, technology must advance and give way to the latest greatest trend. This progression has both positive and negative effects on our society which is what I aim to record for historical purposes. The imagery is symbolic of where we are going and where we have been. To forget the past would be a tragic mistake but to pass up on the possibilities would in many cases be exponentially worse.

 

And so it is caught in this constant state of contradiction, wonder, and hope. It is served in many forms to purposely stray from the need to be categorized, indexed, searched, labeled, and over exposed. Pieces I create are a map, a pathway, an intersection of roads from two places that can exist simultaneously in the tangible or intangible spaces we create.

 

About the Artist

Zach Eberly (°1979, Cleveland Ohio, United States) makes paintings and mixed media artworks. With a conceptual approach, Eberly makes work that deals with the documentation of events and the question of how they can be presented. The work tries to express this with the help of physics and technology, but not by telling a story or creating a metaphor.

 

His paintings are an investigation into representations of (seemingly) concrete ages and situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in painting. In a search for new methods to “read the city,” he tries to approach a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work.

 

His works directly respond to the surrounding environment and uses everyday experiences from the artist as a starting point. Often these are framed instances that would go unnoticed in their original context. With Plato’s allegory of the cave in mind, he focuses on the idea of “public space” and, more specifically, on spaces where anyone can do anything at any given moment: the non-private space, the non-privately owned space, space that is economically uninteresting.

 

His works are often about contact with architecture and basic living elements. Energy (heat, light, water), space and landscape are examined in less obvious ways and sometimes developed in absurd ways. Zach Eberly currently lives and works in Cleveland.

 

“As an artist I strive to get involved with anything outside the “norm,” back to basics, gritty, raw, or whatever adjective you prefer. Anne and Mark’s Art Party allows artistic expression to be presented in a true and approachable format far from the confines where it’s so often found. The box is being cut, torn, refolded, reshaped and standing there with the knives are Anne and Mark. I’m grateful I get to bring some tape.“