NIGHT GOT QUIET - NOT QUITE LIGHT

Jim Houser, solo show 

July 11 - Aug 2, 2014

Press: SF ChronicleJuxtapoz - HiFructose - Arrested Motion 

Press Release - Houser CV

Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently resides. He is a self-taught artist and an honorary member of the Philly-based artist collective Space1026. His work explores the cadence of speech, science and science fiction, sickness and disease, plants and animals, time travel, ghosts , the art of children and the gravity of fatherhood, codes and code breaking, music and music making.

Houser’s collages, paintings and installations have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Brazil. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art. Recently, Houser released a vinyl record of instrumental music composed to accompany his installations. 

A Flatness in the Eyes 
assemblage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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A Seaside Dirge 
acrylic / collage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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He Came to the Place and Stayed There That Night, Because the Sun Had Set 
acrylic on panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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Kinds of Plants 
assemblage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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Animals That Mate for Life 
acrylic /collage assemblage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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Temper Temper 
acrylic /collage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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It Is Two Things 
acrylic/collage on canvas, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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A Message, Read by the Glow of Police Lights 
acrylic/collage on canvas, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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Let's See What They Run 
acrylic /collage on wood, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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The Depth Finder 
acrylic collage on panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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The Earth Seemed Larger, but Less Dangerous 
acrylic / collage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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The Line Up 
acrylic/ collage on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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Fusillade 
acrylic on wood panel, 2014 
18" x 18" 
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A Sidewalk Hymn 
acrylic and collage on wood panel, 2013 
18" x 18" 
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Hush 
acrylic and collage on wood panel, 2013 
18" x 18" 
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