Untitled Fine Art is pleased to present BudapeSt. Louis, an exhibition highlighting work from J.B. Nearsy’s recent residency in Budapest, Hungary. The collection of abstract, geometric, and emotive works invites us to consider the connections between our homes and the foreign, and how we distinguish the two. The artist spent three weeks depicting what he saw in the central European city through vivid colors, frenetic lines, and geometric forms, and describes his methods as “expressive and loose, often abstract or semi-representational.” How abstracted can a work be while still evoking something concrete? How far can a representation be from what it represents, and still be understood as linked? Nearsy’s work also has us consider the relationship between here and there. In anything foreign, there is still a tinge of the familiar. Some things are shared across the human condition, able to transcend language and borders. This is the strength of Nearsy’s work: his use of evocative colors, lines, and shapes is universal, and can elicit a response even from those who haven’t shared his experiences. His new series makes us consider the concept of “place” in a different light; no matter where you are, home is never as far away as you think.
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