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Eric Stefanski
Eric Stefanski - I'm Already Bored Of Your Bullshit, 2023, Oil on canvas

I'm Already Bored Of Your Bullshit, 2023

Oil on canvas

44 x 34 inches

About this work

Eric Stefanski's "I'm Already Bored Of Your Bullshit" delivers its message with the artist's characteristic directness, rendering the phrase in bold, unadorned lettering against a stark background. The composition strips away any decorative impulse, allowing the words themselves to function as both image and statement. Stefanski's brushwork carries subtle variations in density and texture, evidence of the hand behind what might initially read as graphic simplicity. The oil medium lends a material weight to the declaration, each letter built through deliberate, physical gestures that transform typography into something more visceral and immediate. The emotional register here oscillates between humor and genuine exhaustion, capturing a sentiment that feels increasingly universal in an age of performative discourse and endless digital noise. There's defiance in the statement, but also a weary honesty—the kind of thing one thinks constantly but rarely says aloud. Stefanski grants permission for that interior monologue to exist publicly, even proudly. Within the artist's broader practice, this work exemplifies his commitment to language as emotional residue. His text-based paintings function as psychological portraits of collective frustration, desire, and unfiltered response. Rather than illustrating feelings through figurative imagery, Stefanski trusts words to carry their own visual and affective power. The result is work that reads instantly yet rewards continued looking, as the painted surface reveals its labor and the phrase settles into something more than mere provocation. For inquiries regarding acquisition of this work, please contact Guy Hepner gallery in New York.

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Year
2023
Medium
Oil on canvas
I'm Already Bored Of Your Bullshit

About Eric Stefanski

Eric Stefanski is a Chicago based artist known for large scale abstract paintings that incorporate bold, handwritten text. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2015.

Stefanski's work merges expressive mark making with direct, often humorous or self-deprecating phrases, using language as a way into larger themes around vulnerability, failure, and the pressures of maintaining a creative practice. His large-scale canvases favor vibrant color and bold lettering, with text functioning less as slogan and more as fragments of internal dialogue, blending humor with genuine emotional weight. Through this approach, Stefanski examines what it means to sustain a life as a working artist, treating uncertainty and contradiction as part of the process rather than something to resolve.

His work has been shown extensively in Chicago and Boston, along with solo exhibitions in cities including Tokyo and Madrid, and has continued to expand into galleries and institutions internationally.

He continues to live and work in Chicago.

Guy Hepner works with collectors seeking Eric Stefanski's bold, text-driven abstract paintings. Contact us to discuss available inventory or to inquire about upcoming releases.

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