beth kantrowitz & Jennifer Liston Munson discuss The Blue of Distance

Curator of bkartprojects, beth kantrowitz and Jennifer Liston Munson of the Kingston Gallery, talk about the juried show The Blue of Distance.

This group exhibition is in response to the essay, “The Blue of Distance”, by Rebecca Solnit.

"For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote mountain ranges, of anything far away. The color of that distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the color of where you can never go. For the blue is not in the place those miles away at the horizon, but in the atmospheric distance between you and the mountains. 'Longing,' says the poet Robert Hass, 'because desire is full of endless distances.' Blue is the color of longing for the distances you never arrive in, for the blue world."
— Rebecca Solnit

While reviewing the submissions for the exhibition, The Blue of Distance, I found myself considering artwork that embodies longing, desire, light, hope, discomfort, and beauty. It was impossible not to consider the conditions and events happening in our country and around the world, and how the selected art responds to those events. I hope the exhibition offers a space for viewers to contemplate both their personal lives and the broader world. - beth kantrowitz

Elaine Alibrandi, Teresa Boutelle, Cyrille Conan, Will Corvara, Aaron Ellison & Eric Zeigler, Hans Gindlesberger, Kennedy Harwood, Alison Judd, Maryellen Latas, Julie Levesque, Liz Linder, Amber Byrne Mahoney, Yanna Marie Orcel, Chrissa Markos, Celine Mcdonald, Diego Navarro, Mark Nikolewski, Yana Nosenko, Dimeji Onafuwa, Vahid Valikhani, August Ventimiglia, Liz Wood

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