Tape Artist Eric S. Klein Provides the Best Photo-Op at Fashion Week
Between shows at Style Fashion Week, attendees swarmed and nudged their way to a dimly-lit corner, past the cash bar and promotional tables, to capture their perfect Snapchat and Instagram shots. The destination was a whole ‘lot of checkerboard taped to a wall, the floor, a table, chairs and matching props. Everyone struck diva poses with a tape-covered umbrella and sunglasses.
“You don’t have to be amazing at drawing to be an amazing artist.”
Artist Eric S. Klein throws tape on everything, cars and buildings included. “Endless Chess” is just a taste of the pieces he’s shown in galleries around New York City and given to celebrities like Oprah and Janet Jackson.
He began his art form when his mentor Peter Tunney inspired him to see art unconventionally. “[He] showed me you don’t have to be amazing at drawing to be an amazing artist.” Klein began laying razor-cut tape designs onto Plexi-glass and everything evolved from there.
Klein’s “Big Apples” series is on exhibit in EDM nightclub, Space Ibiza NY, and he has an American flag inspired piece hanging in the Broome Hotel in SoHo.
He also temporarily ran a bed-and-breakfast, art gallery and event space in Union City, N.J. called The Chocolate Factory where he hosted Justina Valentine and Fetty Wap for their Candy Land music video. He hopes to reopen a similar space in the East Village soon.
“I like happy art,” said Klein. “I want to do stuff that inspires, that gives people good feelings when they see it and when they’re a part of it.”
