Eric Doeringer

Memory Ware Flats

October 21 - November 11, 2021

Doeringer’s “Memory Ware Flats” are inspired by a series of works created by artist Mike Kelley between 2000 and 2010. The works add a second layer of appropriation to Kelley’s original reuse of a folk art genre. The three works in the exhibition mimic the scale, color schemes, and presentation of three specific Memory Ware Flats by Mike Kelley. However, Doeringer has made no attempt to match the actual items or layouts of the originals (other than the general Pollock-esque “all over” compositions). This muddles the question of whether these works are “copies” of Mike Kelley’s artworks, “original” works by Doeringer, or whether both artists are ”copying” the work of anonymous artisans.