All Over Albany

We're digging Erik Laffer's "Cartography Series," which opens at the Clement Art Gallery today in Troy.

As you might expect from the name, the pieces are inspired by maps. Here's a clip from Erik's artist statement:

My goal with the Cartography paintings is to, as J.B. Harley writes, "redescribe the world," or at least the small world of Erik Laffer. And just as there is a language of mapmaking, there is style and body of symbols in my paintings that define the landscape of each work and identify my struggle to understand self, family, home, and culture: boats, clocks, buildings, bridges, anatomy, arrows, and, among many others, lines, color, and texture.

There's a reception tonight from 6-9 at Clement. And the gallery will be open tomorrow evening for Troy Night Out.

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