Harman Initiatives is happy to announce Liminality, the most recent solo exhibition by Miles Johnston. Following his final exhibition over six years in the past, this new physique of labor options drawings in graphite and ink in addition to work in oil and watercolor, highlighting the artist’s eclectic vary.
The topics present in Miles Johnston’s work outwardly characterize their internal states, from like to worry and each emotion in between. Johnston explores the human situation by means of a richly developed language of visible symbolism the place intimacy and interconnectivity are repeating themes within the artists work. Lovers intertwine and embrace, hinting at a deep eager for human connection as is seen in Attachment and Certain. Alternatively, themes of loneliness and ostracism come to the forefront in works akin to Extinguished and Countercurrent (pictured above).
The artist states, “With language, we divide the world into opposites. Mild and darkish, cold and hot, good and evil…From a broader perspective these opposites can collapse: if there could be no inside with out an outdoor, no life with out demise, in what significant sense do these phrases really characterize separate issues?” The push and pull of opposing themes units the stage for the ever current battle in Johnston’s work. This battle is important to what makes the artist’s work resonate with the general public.
Concurrent with the exhibition is the discharge of the artist’s debut monograph additionally titled Liminality. This 256 web page tome particulars Johnston’s follow from 2016 to the present day. Reproducing each step of his manufacturing from thumbnail sketch to last work, and supplemented by texts by the artist, this milestone publication is an intensive look contained in the thoughts of Miles Johnston.
Liminality opens on December 14th with a reception from 7 pm – 8 pm.
