Too late for a mortgage

 “Wanderer 15 (detail)’’ (collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and graphite on wood), by Seth Clark, in the group show “Home Sweet, Somewhere,’’ at the Lamont Gallery, Exeter, N.H., Sept. 1-Nov. 21.

— Image courtesy of Paradigm Gallery + Studio.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

— Winston Churchill

The galleery says:

“Ruin, both real and imagined, fuels Seth Clark’a artistic exploration. Through the study of abandoned structures, he explores the convergence of suffering and resilience, encouraging audiences to consider how transience shapes both landscapes and lives amid continuous global instability. Clark’s collage works incorporate layers of tactile and distressed papers as their foundation and incorporate charcoal, pastel, and graphite to add depth and definition.’’

The gallery says of the whole show: ‘ “Home Sweet, Somewhere’ is  a contemporary exploration of the spaces we call home. This exhibition invites the viewer to see how the architecture around us becomes a vessel for memory, emotion, and our subconscious. The layered complexities of the places we inhabit evoke a sense of lived experience, reflecting and shaping our identities as they evolve over time. Though ‘home’ is personal, carrying a unique meaning for each individual, the emotional bonds we form with our surroundings are a shared aspect of the human experience.’’ 

‘Vessel for memory’

“The Escapist” (wood, steel, acrylic, paper, brass, polystyrene), by Seth Clark, in the show “Home Sweet, Somewhere,’’ at the Lamont Gallery, Exeter, N.H., Sept. 1-Nov. 21.

The gallery explains that this is a “contemporary exploration of the spaces we call home.’’ The architecture around us becomes a “vessel for memory, emotion, and our subconscious.’’ The nuanced layers of the spaces we occupy “create a sense of being lived in as they simultaneously mirror and extend into our identities over time. While everyone understands ‘home’ differently, the feelings we invest in our surroundings are something we can all connect with.’’