17:56
LersonLerson assembles "17:56" as a layered collision of environments, where the mundane ritual of a coffee break meets the eerie chill of a winter landscape. This collage pulls together sci-fi elements and natural shifts to map out a moment where the domestic and the supernatural overlap.

17:56
Lerson assembles "17:56" as a layered collision of environments, where the mundane ritual of a coffee break meets the eerie chill of a winter landscape. This collage pulls together sci-fi elements and natural shifts to map out a moment where the domestic and the supernatural overlap.
28 × 35 cm · about ⅙ the width of a 3-seat sofa
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Art Analysis
From the artist, Lerson
A supernatural pause in the winter afternoon
Lerson uses collage to bridge the gap between the familiar and the fantastical, placing simplified human forms within a world of intricate structural relationships. The piece plays with the contrast between a winter wonderland and a changing tropical atmosphere, suggesting a reality where climate and geography are fluid. By layering these disparate elements, the artist explores the relationship between humanity and nature through a lens of pop surrealism, using illustration to ground the supernatural in a recognizable frame.
The presence of coffee serves as a grounding point amidst the sci-fi imagery, adding emotional depth to an otherwise alien scene. Through color theory and psychology, Lerson balances the coldness of the environment with the warmth of human habit. The result is a work that invites interpretive diversity, prompting the viewer to find their own narrative within the strange, constructed environment of a late afternoon frozen in time.
The piece reinterprets traditional religious iconography through a distorted, dreamlike lens that emphasizes the strange and the supernatural.
The piece explores the tension between light and shadow, summer and winter, and the truth versus fiction.
The piece utilizes intricate structural relationships to build a human-constructed environment out of layered illustrations.
The inclusion of coffee provides a sense of grounding and emotional depth within a surreal, fantastical landscape.
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