Optimist’s Journey

Artist: Brady Haston

Dates: September 7 - 29, 2024. Opening: September 7, 5-8pm

Artist Statement:

My recent work draws on different interpretations of landscape and how spaces change as they wait for the arrival or departure of someone. Pieter Brugel’s Large Landscape print series from the 16th century, 19th century illustrations from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, and recent accounts of the curious interstellar object, Oumuamua, travelling through our solar system have influenced this work. We are all passing through this place and time. On our travels, we are often between destinations and these structures can seem to be the only stable place in a changing landscape. On the Optimist’s Journey, the archetypical traveler exists in the liminal space of arriving and departing knowing that the final destination is always a bit further along. 

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