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by Eric Edelman
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In the prophetic prose poem The Book of Ahania, William Blake describes how a tree grew from the tears of Urizen, one of his Eternal archetypal... more
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In the prophetic prose poem The Book of Ahania, William Blake describes how a tree grew from the tears of Urizen, one of his Eternal archetypal beings, brooding in isolation from his fellows.The tree has boughs that grow down to the ground and take root, producing other trees and creating a maze-like forest. Blake calls this plant the "Tree of Mystery," and seems to identify it, in various poems, with Christianity as the successor to Druidism; with tyranny; or with the labyrinthine structure of the moral law.
The Tree of Mystery shown here comes from no terrestrial forest. By the same leap of association and logic that Blake may have made, a branched structure stands for curiosity about the unknown, and bears the emblems and objects that have fascinated us all since we first came to consciousness: the nature of time and space; illusion; and life in its interaction with energy. Some of these things we now know much about, thanks to science; others may remain unknown forever. An...
Eric Edelman is a collagist and found-object sculptor. His work has been featured in one-person shows and group exhibitions in museums and private galleries, and.is represented in several private and institutional collections. Edelman's collages and other work have appeared in The New York Review of Books and in the books The Art of the Miniature and Genius in a Bottle, as well as the monograph “Eric Edelman Collages the Unconscious.“ Click HERE for the Art of RetroCollage blog, about art, collage, creativity, and inspiration, featuring Eric Edelman's most recent artwork. Click HERE to subscribe to Art of RetroCollage and receive email updates about new artwork and subscriber offers.
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