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Eric
Schnell's elaborate mixed media installations are complex narratives centered
around a recurring character based on Freud's case study Rat Man. Rat Man
was a soldier overcome with guilt stemming from uncontrollable torture fantasies
which he projected onto his closest relations. Schnell uses this character
as a springboard to explore failed attempts at psychological transformation.
His sculptural environments, both raw and fragile, contain a promise of
passage or travel but are frozen in a purgatory-like landscape. His use
of drawing and photography are like flowcharts for a thought process constantly
attempting to correct itself. |
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