David Ersser creates seemingly cold, meticulous reproductions of Hi-Fi equipment, turntables and keyboards. The thin wooden cable running down from the stereo to the floor and to a sculpted plug, is made up of short sections of straight balsa to give the impression of a curve. From a distance these works appear at first flawless, however scrutiny reveals the makers hand. This hand is the hand of an enthusiast model maker fervently gluing late at night in his garage. This mode of production and subject matter evoke the nerds hermetic and frantic DJ-ing in his bedroom. Lifeless and slightly wonky, his facsimiles are drawings and aspirations made solid, as the teenage geek fetishizes the stereo equipment of his dreams.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
The Ideal Home Show, Volta NY Art Fair
2008
Solo Exhibition, SEVENTEEN, London
2007
‘Nothing but Heavy Duty’ Roebling Hall, New York
2006
David Ersser, SEVENTEEN, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Party, Milton Keynes Gallery
2009
At Your Service, The David Roberts Foundation, London
2008
Something Less, Something More, Gallery One One One, David Roberts Foundation
2007
‘untitled VI’ Bread & Butter Barcelona
2007
It was the best of Time Outs, it was the worst of Time Outs’ Seventeen
2007
‘The Juddykes’ John Jones Gallery London
2007
‘Business As Usual’ Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
2006
Context-Error–Popculture as Handcraft’ Lucky Loft Gallery Hamburg
2005
Seventeen Presents..., Seventeen, London
2005
Larry’s Cocktails, Gagosian Gallery, London
2002
Future Map 02, The London Institute Gallery, London
2002
Another Like The Other, Century Gallery, London
2002
Brain Research, Menier Gallery, London
2002
On The Way There March, Century Gallery, London
2002
Showcase 2, Former Royal Army Medical College, London
2001
Sixpixels, St Martins Gallery, London
EDUCATION
1999
Chelsea College of Art and Design, BA (Hons) Fine Art - Painting
1998
De Montfort University, Access to Museum Conservation
