Self-described as a painter, Eric N. Mack pushes past the medium’s traditional canvas-to-stretcher format. His tactile assemblages, created from a dynamic combination of used textiles, worn clothes, moving blankets and torn rags, alongside photographs and pull outs from books and magazines, extend and embed social messaging and narrative within his works, which often function on an architectural scale. His recent solo shows include those at the Brooklyn Museum, BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, UK, and the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo. Group shows include those at Mass MoCA, Kunsthalle Basel, MoMA PS1, and the 2019 Whitney Biennial.