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Meet Chris Erickson: Artist
Hi Chris, how does your business help the community?
Art is the ultimate unifier. In a world of extreme polarization and dissenting beliefs, art has the ability to unite people across the spectrum of humanity. Art builds community. Art transcends all racial and ethic boundaries. Art provides meaning and understanding to the inexplicable.
Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
As an artist I see myself as a reporter, absorbing all that is thrown at me through my senses, processing these discoveries and experiences and then distilling all of this information in the form of a visual language. In a world of constant stimuli and a bombardment of every sense, I feel like it is necessary to digest all of this information and then filter out the nonsense. Making art helps me achieve this by considering what is important, profound and relevant while discarding the remaining nonsense. This distillation of experience and subsequent translation through visual art, helps me makes sense of a chaotic world and facilitates the celebration of this life.
Chris Erickson
2021
12’x12’x7’
decommissioned gondola car, skis, snowboard, sculpted foam
Additional Information
The Melting Gondola sculpture was displayed in 2021 at the top of Aspen Mountain in Aspen Colorado and once again at the World Cup Ski competition in 2023.
The Melting Gondola was originally proposed and displayed for Aspen Ski Company in Aspen, Colorado. The conceptual driver is the climate crisis which has reached and surpassed milestones and metrics considered to be a threat to life on this planet. Without action, we are certain to experience an advancement of climate related disasters that will adversely impact our world. Yet, a global concentrated effort to unite and rally people in defense of this crisis has taken shape and is gaining momentum. There is hope in presenting messaging through art. Art has the ability to interact with the public, and with policymakers through visual concepts that provide a powerful statement and motivate people to take action.