3D Oil Paintings
Olshan's sculptural paintings invite the viewer to navigate an imagined landscape. Abstracted, incongruous staircases orient and disorient the 2 and 3D planes, defying the possibilities of a physical climb. In architecture, staircases are a symbol of physical and symbolic elevation. In this work, they present as impossible, disjointed structures – false pathways to an inaccessible destination.
Together, these works construct an otherworldly spatial logic in which one can “enter” through one composition and “exit” its counterpart. To create these interconnected spaces, the artist re-conceptualize elements of her own work, re-envisioning the source material. The resulting works are linked, but irrational: a section of one composition reappears, cropped and inverted. A whirling skyscape morphs into a small, distressed landscape. Collectively, this body of work creates one interconnected, self-reflexive world.
Antarctica
Antarctica (Installation View), 2022. Oil on 3D panel, 50 x 59 x 3.5 in. For sale: $5,000.
Upland
Upland, 2020. Oil and graphite on 3D panel, 46 x 39.25 x 3.5 in. Sold.
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Perseveration, Versions I, II, and III
Perseveration, Versions I, II, and III, 2021. Oil and hot glue on 3D panel. 21.5 x 78 x 3.5 in.
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Water is Falling
Water is Falling, 2022. Oil on 3D panel, 76 x 55 x 3 in. For sale: $10,000.
California Portal
California Portal, 2022, Oil and graphite on 3D panel, 26 x 22 x 3.5 in. For sale: $2,000.
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California
California, 2020. Oil, hot glue and recycled paint on 3D panel. 48 x 30 x 3.5." Sold.
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Acrophobia (Upland Portal)
Upland Portal (Acrophobia), 2019. Oil and charcoal on 3D panel, 22 x 19.5 x 4 in. For sale: $900.
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"Architectural Interiorscape," 2019. Oil, graphite, & modeling paste on 3D panel, 33.5 x 28 x 3.5 in. Sold.
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Vertigo II
Vertigo II, 2019. Oil, molding paste, graphite, and recycled paint on 3D panel, 26 x 18 x 5 in. Sold.
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The Farther
The Farther, Oil, acrylic, recycled paint scraps, molding paste, & graphite on 3D panel,
50 x 55.5 x 7 in. For sale: $5,000.
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Climb
Climb, Oil, recycled paint & charcoal, charcoal & molding paste on 3D panel, 76 x 67 x 7 in. Collection of UNC Asheville.
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No Summit
No Summit, Oil, graphite, & molding paste on 3D panel , 38 x 75 x 7 in. Sold.
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Perpetual Ascent
Perpetual Ascent, Oil on 3D panel, 46 x 48 x 7 in. Collection of UNC Asheville.
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Strive
Strive, Oil, graphite, & molding paste on 3D panel, 48 x 30 x 7 in. Collection of the UNC Asheville Honors Program, Laurel Forum.
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Ambitions
Ambitions, Oil, graphite, & molding paste on panel, 56 x 60 x 3.5 in. For sale: $1,000.
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Land of the Above
Land of the Above, Oil, molding paste, & graphite on 3D panel, 40 x 27 x 26 in. For sale: $1,750.
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Ambitions Installation
Ambitions Window I, Oil, molding paste, and graphite on 3D panel,
13.5 x 12.75 x 3.5 in. For sale: $150.
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Skyscape Installation
Skyscape, Oil on 3D panel, 30 x 30 x 3.5 in. Sold.
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Process Study II
"Process Study II,"
Oil & paint scraps on 3D panel,
22" x 20" x 2.5." For sale: $250.
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Waterscape Installation
Installation shot from Solo Exhibition, Perpetual Pursuit at UNC Asheville.
Bluespace Installation
"Bluespace Installation. Oil, acrylic, recycled paint, graphite, and molding paste on 3D panel. 35 x 50 x 3.5 in. Sold.
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Waterscape
Waterscape, Oil on 3D panel, 30 x 30 x 3.5 in. Sold.
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Waterscape Installation
Waterscape Installation detail.
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