Current Exhibition

WE ARE GONE :: NEW WORKS BY JEREMY CRAWFORD :: METRO GALLERY :: MARCH 22 – APRIL 31

Metro Gallery is pleased to present “We Are Gone” new works by Jeremy Crawford. The opening reception will be held March 22, 2012 6pm-10pm with special music by Raili Haimila of Lo Moda and Mike Furniere of Sri Aurobindo. “We Are Gone” shows through April 31st.

Jeremy Crawford’s paintings have always explored the boundaries of representation. As we encounter people in life, we usually recognize them readily, yet recalling their faces from memory proves difficult. Instead, we come up with blurred features and mannerisms or incidents that stuck in our minds, forever linked to these people. With his new series “We Are Gone”, painter Jeremy Crawford has carefully stripped away the countenances of his subjects to suggest a sense of faded remembrance. After creating each piece Crawford used sandpaper and water to blur out specific features leaving the viewer with a sense of familiarity but obscuring any distinct identifying features. The figures approach an abstract impressionism, evoking moods, emotions and imagined scenarios.

Jeremy Crawford’s paintings have always explored the boundaries of representation, but many of the paintings in “We Are Gone” started without even a clear definition of who the subject was. As each work developed, the characters began to develop a personality and became someone that was familiar to the artist. The same idiosyncrasies that we dredge up when trying to recall someone’s face emerged in the paintings, and led the artist to the identity of his subjects. Some of the paintings are based on people, others are rooted in abstract concepts, such as death or love. Crawford believes all loan deeper insight into the way we perceive identity.

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