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Free Agent: Center Fielder Robert Otto Epstein

$2,800

Robert's paintings of baseball cards pixelate famous figures by overlaying a grid that simplifies and abstracts. While the scenes remain recognizable, each player's distinguishing characteristics are erased, subverting the acts of collecting and trading these cards.
Materials Acrylic on panel

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In my youth, I loved and played the game of baseball. I was a left-handed pitcher or a 'southpaws and I dreamed of pitching in the Major Leagues. I find a lot of my baseball card source material on the web in addition to what I have in the studio. I then re-interpret the imagery, first by hand-drawing a grid onto wood panel and then abstracting from the original source, by reducing and reassigning color codes to each component square.

Robert Otto Epstein

About the Artist

Inspired by knitting patterns, Robert Otto Epstein is an artist who employs a grid-based process to map out his paintings, drawings and sculptures.

News and Notables
  • Exhibited at Project Art Space, 2021
  • Solo exhibition, This is Heavy, High Noon Gallery, 2019
  • Featured in Vice, 2017