Erik den Breejen : text portraits

Robin Williams at the Met
2015
Acrylic on linen
72 x 68 inches

Text is a transcription of Robin's 1986 standup comedy album, A Night at the Met.

Nilsson Schmilsson
2013
Acrylic on linen
90 x 68 inches

There's a Riot Goin' On (installation view)
2014

Exhibition at Freight + Volume, NYC, April-May 2014.

Muddy Waters
2015
Acrylic on linen
72 x 72 inches

Commission for Earl's Restaurant in Chicago.

Joan Didion (The White Album)
2014
Acrylic on linen
28 x 22 inches

Joan Didion, captured from an early 70's TV interview, made from the introductory lines of her essay The White Album (1968-78)

Karen Carpenter
2014
Acrylic on linen
60 x 48 inches

Portrait of Karen Carpenter in the early 70's using lyrics to four Carpenters classics.

Albuquerque On the Beach (Alone at the Mircrophone)
2014
Acrylic on linen
28 x 22 inches

Brian Wilson (I Just Wasn't Made for These Times)
2015
Acrylic on canvas
28 x 22 inches

Billie Holiday (God Bless the Child)
2013
Acrylic on panel
24 x 20 inches

As Pure and Strange As What I See (for Lou Reed)
2013
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 48 inches

Miles Blues
2016
Acrylic on linen
16 x 12 inches

Once In a Lifetime (Remain In Light)
2015
Acrylic on linen
36 x 36 inches

The lyrics to the Talking Heads' "Once In a Lifetime" form the cover of its parent album, Remain In Light.

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2015
Arylic on linen
30 x 40 inches

The first two songs from Village Green Preservation Society are used to create an image based on a photo from the album cover shoot.