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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for JEREMY HOUGHTON: OVER THE POND
DESCRIPTION:JEREMY HOUGHTON: OVER THE POND\n\n08.06.21   09.01.21\n\n \n\nOPENING RECEPTION\n\nSaturday\, August 7th\, 2021\n\n5 -7 pm\n\n \n\nKW Contemporary Art presents OVER THE POND\, a solo exhibition of the work of Jeremy Houghton.  Jeremy Houghton favors themes of space and light to capture the stillness amid movement. The subjects that characterize these scenes are illuminated by his focus on the spaces in which bodies linger\, shimmer\, move and often take flight.\n\nOver the last twenty years he has been invited to detail the life of a number of high-profile communities\, from those at Windsor Castle and Highgrove to 2017's Wimbledon championships\, and the competitors at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. With each of these projects Houghton is interested in getting beyond public perception\, documenting instead the everyday scenes that characterize an event or place.\n\nAlthough Houghton's focus ranges quite widely\, his technique remains a constant. Emphasis on painted shapes of light and space\, (or unpainted paper with his watercolors)\, contrasting against areas of liquid color enables his subjects to glimmer in the liminal territory between figuration and abstraction. With extraneous detail removed\, the paintings are hard to place\, giving them an ahistorical quality that serves to underline their fluidity.\n\nHoughton continually explores the potential of negative space to represent light\, and often references 'ma'\, the concept in Japanese aesthetics that translates roughly as 'gap' or 'pause'\, and which in traditional practice helps balance the relationship between different areas of an image. This focus on the space between things lends his paintings\, even when they are of something as solid as a horse or a racing boat\, a surprising delicacy. Houghton holds his subjects on a very thin\, almost invisible line between motion and the ability to transcend time.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18pt">JEREMY HOUGHTON: OVER THE POND</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt">08.06.21 &ndash\; 09.01.21</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt">OPENING RECEPTION</span></span></strong><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">Saturday\, August 7<span style="font-size:18.6667px">th</span>\, 2021</span></span></strong><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">5 -7 pm</span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">KW Contemporary Art presents OVER THE POND\, a solo exhibition of the work of Jeremy Houghton.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></span><span style="color:#404040"><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Jeremy Houghton favors themes of space and light to capture the stillness amid movement. The subjects that characterize these scenes are illuminated by his focus on the spaces in which bodies linger\, shimmer\, move and often take flight.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#404040"><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Over the last twenty years he has been invited to detail the life of a number of high-profile communities\, from those at Windsor Castle and Highgrove to 2017&rsquo\;s Wimbledon championships\, and the competitors at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. With each of these projects Houghton is interested in getting beyond public perception\, documenting instead the everyday scenes that characterize an event or place.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#404040"><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Although Houghton&rsquo\;s focus ranges quite widely\, his technique remains a constant. Emphasis on painted shapes of light and space\, (or unpainted paper with his watercolors)\, contrasting against areas of liquid color enables his subjects to glimmer in the liminal territory between figuration and abstraction. With extraneous detail removed\, the paintings are hard to place\, giving them an ahistorical quality that serves to underline their fluidity.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#404040"><span style="font-family:century gothic\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Houghton continually explores the potential of negative space to represent light\, and often references &lsquo\;ma&rsquo\;\, the concept in Japanese aesthetics that translates roughly as &lsquo\;gap&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;pause&rsquo\;\, and which in traditional practice helps balance the relationship between different areas of an image. This focus on the space between things lends his paintings\, even when they are of something as solid as a horse or a racing boat\, a surprising delicacy. Houghton holds his subjects on a very thin\, almost invisible line between motion and the ability to transcend time.</span></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:184 Port Rd\, Kennebunk\, ME 04043
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