"The Black Lodge"

by Jeremy Hughes

3ft x 4ft- 5ft -6ft • Oil on canvas $3000

My work investigates my changing perspective on places that are in perpetual shift such as the home, the landscape, and the complexities of human relationships within these spheres. I am interested in the continuous flux of day-to-day uncertainty. There are certain social conditions gestured to in these works, which examine complacency and the inevitable shock of abrupt change and violence. My recent work is a closer examination of imagery projected onto our collective cultural experience, and the way in which we digest and ignore the resultant affect. I enjoy emphasizing how these images influence our choices and identities. My current paintings derive from the expansive image bank found in the Internet, popular films, and other media sources. The paintings deconstruct cultural icons of the public consciousness. The images themselves are artificial, and are executed through references to art history and pop design. The types of scenes often evoke the uncanny, and re-present the strangeness of the familiar fast paced imagery thrown at us by consumer culture. The paintings stir up uneasiness, in a way that precipitates change and invigorates the viewer to engage in a process of dialogue that enhances the experience of our temporary continuity.