



counter argument (film still)
hand printed super 8 mm film still, artist-made frame
Ethan Caflisch’s Counter argument series explores time’s passage through hand-sewn works, mixed media, and assemblages. Weaving together three years of studio practice, he allows past and present to intersect through material and memory. Each piece is an artifact—stitched, layered, and reassembled into a visual language of connection and distance.
Landscapes emerge as recurring motifs, framed to exist in the liminal space between here and there. Love forgotten and love rediscovered mirror the physical act of stitching—gestures that hold both the past and the presence of something new. Caflisch embraces imperfection and process, revealing memory as fragmented, shifting, and continuously reshaped.
In Caflisch’s Words:
i love making connections from past to present. this collection of works covers snippets of the past three years in my studio, interweaving and intersecting. there is a lot of distance that’s occurred over that period of time, newly created and ever-present. love that’s been forgotten and new love found; but a common
through-line of materiality, landscape, always framed to show something which is neither here or there but here and there.
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Ethan Caflisch’s Counter argument series explores time’s passage through hand-sewn works, mixed media, and assemblages. Weaving together three years of studio practice, he allows past and present to intersect through material and memory. Each piece is an artifact—stitched, layered, and reassembled into a visual language of connection and distance.
Landscapes emerge as recurring motifs, framed to exist in the liminal space between here and there. Love forgotten and love rediscovered mirror the physical act of stitching—gestures that hold both the past and the presence of something new. Caflisch embraces imperfection and process, revealing memory as fragmented, shifting, and continuously reshaped.
In Caflisch’s Words:
i love making connections from past to present. this collection of works covers snippets of the past three years in my studio, interweaving and intersecting. there is a lot of distance that’s occurred over that period of time, newly created and ever-present. love that’s been forgotten and new love found; but a common
through-line of materiality, landscape, always framed to show something which is neither here or there but here and there.
Artwork Information
Year
2022
Materials
hand printed super 8 mm film still, artist-made frame
Authentication
Signed by Artist
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Dimensions
22 1/2 x 18 inches
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22 1/2 x 18 inches
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“...still constantly remind myself of H.D. Thoreau’s quote “rather than love, than money, than fame; give me truth.” I think this is a crucial mentality to have as an artist, and any other profession; that success, by any definition, will be found in making honest work.”

About the Artist
Ethan Caflisch
Ethan’s exhibition venues and publications include the Institute of Contemporary Art (San Jose), Cheryl Hazan Gallery (New York), A.M. Gallery (Antwerp), Art Maze Magazine, and AnOther Magazine. Explore his large, geometric and minimalist paintings, figurative paintings and hand made textile works.

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Ethan Caflisch’s Counter argument series explores time’s passage through hand-sewn works, mixed media, and assemblages. Weaving together three years of studio practice, he allows past and present to intersect through material and memory. Each piece is an artifact—stitched, layered, and reassembled into a visual language of connection and distance.
Landscapes emerge as recurring motifs, framed to exist in the liminal space between here and there. Love forgotten and love rediscovered mirror the physical act of stitching—gestures that hold both the past and the presence of something new. Caflisch embraces imperfection and process, revealing memory as fragmented, shifting, and continuously reshaped.
In Caflisch’s Words:
i love making connections from past to present. this collection of works covers snippets of the past three years in my studio, interweaving and intersecting. there is a lot of distance that’s occurred over that period of time, newly created and ever-present. love that’s been forgotten and new love found; but a common
through-line of materiality, landscape, always framed to show something which is neither here or there but here and there.


EVA CHEN ON ETHAN CAFLISCH
“...WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR PIECES THAT SPOKE TO US AND MADE US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO ABSORB, APPRECIATE, AND REFLECT. CAFLISCH'S ART ABSOLUTELY HAD THAT EFFECT ON US.”