Shawn Huckins is an interesting Canadian contemporary artist of which we had previously spoken here. Through his new Erasure series, Shawn presents us with a provocative collection of images that seem to have been modified using a digital rubber tool, to reveal the empty layer, represented by the underlying chess pattern.
In reality, his works are meticulously detailed acrylic paintings, recreations selected by the White House Art Collection.

“In an era where the internet makes everyone a publisher, and digital editing tools bestow the power to create realities out of pixels. The Erasures forces us to examine our assumptions regarding the longevity of individual influence and institutions, thus raising enormous questions concerning the fragility of legacy.”

The erasures take on a very strong meaning regarding those that were the ideas and historical dynamics linked to the past: the artist wonders if they can actually be erased or revised in the present. Obviously, references to the more recent American political situation are hidden, as he himself suggests.

Shawn Huckins will hold a solo show called Fool’s Gold, which will be held at the new space of the Modernism Gallery in San Francisco on 11 July 2018.