{"id":7623,"date":"2015-02-07T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:48","slug":"7623","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=7623","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7624 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-07-at-1.32.52-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-07 at 1.32.52 PM\" width=\"675\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-07-at-1.32.52-PM.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-07-at-1.32.52-PM-107x80.jpg 107w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-07-at-1.32.52-PM-450x336.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Fascinated by the idea of what people will leave behind for those who live millions of years from now, Erik Hagen developed a unique series of paintings for his new exhbit, <em>Fossils of the Anthropocene<\/em>.\u00a0&#8220;While we&#8217;re looking backwards in time at what the fossil record can tell us, what are they going to find in the future &#8211; whoever they are? That really captivated my imagination and led me to do all of these different pieces,&#8221; he said. Some of Hagen&#8217;s &#8220;fossils&#8221; were created by throwing marble dust on a canvas covered with latex paint mixed with sand, then embedding casts of plastic coins or a cell phone, referencing commerce and communication. Several of the paintings incorporate plastic waste, including a water bottle as well as plastic fragments and micro-beads like those used in lotions and soaps. 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