Erika Aberg
Erika Aberg
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COVID Trap, 2020
Earthenware, slip, underglazes, glazes
17.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches
$2,195
"To trap and contain the COVID, I built a trap. Set the vessel at the entrance to your home. Any approaching swarm of COVID will be drawn to it, compelled by irresistible attraction. In all the best COVID-19 traps, the virus enters through nanopores too small for the human eye, where it will be contained and restrained. COVID can harm us no more! It will pass into oblivion, memory, history, and complete irrelevance. (May be paraphrasing from White House briefing in mid-March 2020.)"
The Colony, 2017
Earthenware with underglazes, paint, acrylic finish
17 x 13 x 13 inches
$1,950
"First came the election of 2016, and then one morning ICE descended on my neighborhood. We were safe, but others were not. What is a safe space? Could I build one? The Colony is a fantasy land of color and shapes to which we can escape. It is a safe place where all can find refuge in the hollow trunks and vaulted gourds, protected by colorful thorns and sinewy vines."
Erika Aberg is a ceramic artist who lives and works in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her work in clay focuses on sculptural forms inspired by the landscapes of places she has lived (the rocky shores and pine forests of Maine, the faded industrial grandeur of Cleveland, Ohio, the mountains and rivers of upstate New York), and by 1950s sci-fi movies with their landscapes and creatures from mysterious alien worlds. She uses shapes and color to create objects that are always slightly off kilter. Aberg’s ongoing discoveries in clay began in the late 1990’s with the opportunity to be mentored by master potter Judith Day of Bowdoin, Maine; followed by continued studies at Cleveland State University under the tutelage of late Professor Dick Schneider, where she started exploring forms that were freer, colors bolder and techniques ever more prone to absolute failure.
Aberg’s work has appeared in the National Juried Cup Show at Kent State University, the Lakewood Screw Factory artists collective, and shows sponsored by Cleveland State University and Beechwood Ceramic Guild. She was featured as one of several artists in residence at AMP galleries in Saratoga Springs. Her studio is located in the Beekman Arts District in Saratoga Springs.
Aberg’s work has appeared in the National Juried Cup Show at Kent State University, the Lakewood Screw Factory artists collective, and shows sponsored by Cleveland State University and Beechwood Ceramic Guild. She was featured as one of several artists in residence at AMP galleries in Saratoga Springs. Her studio is located in the Beekman Arts District in Saratoga Springs.
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