THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present WINDOW, a solo exhibition by American artist Andrew Gordon featuring a new body of works on canvas that dance on the line between introspection and extrospection. Central to the artist’s practice is an inverted theory of the “view from nowhere”, wherein he removes the objective world rather than the subjective self. Manifesting in a series of windows that peer out into ambivalent places, his practice imagines the landscapes of one’s mind, feeling, and consciousness.

The classic interpretation of the “view from nowhere” refers to the notion of achieving an objective view of the world via the distancing of oneself from personal starting points, namely the ‘here’. Yet under the brush of Andrew Gordon, the idea is reinterpreted to remove the ‘there’, leaving only an inward view of the self. His paintings each comprise a grid of partially open frosted windows that reveal vaguely familiar landscapes, providing only a setting of domesticity and a visceral portrayal of atmosphere. As if a picture seen from the mind’s eye, all views from an intimate interior space become a representation of the one’s inner state of mind – as the artist puts it, “eventually the details slip away, and what remains is the feeling.”

Opening reception: 3-6pm, 14 December

Gallery address: 4 Second Lane, Tai Hang