Teetering
A landscape blooms out in the dark, or maybe a pattern of thought unfolding. There’s something there, and the longer you look at it, it becomes something else. Hoffman’s work reads like this – one thing at the start, another as you read further – rhizomatic, a little daringly unsure, and yet forthright and honest—an undeniable offer to begin.
This is where Teetering found its feet; a discussion with Hoffman led to a full look into piles of canvases stacked in a bedroom. Hoffman is prolific, working constantly, leaving paintings to dry on his patio and on any available surface. With painting, you can tell he comes to rest. The viewer can follow his mind as it wanders from place, to person, to experience, to self. As this exploration oscillates between external and internal, Hoffman offers it as a gift to the viewer rather than a burden. He invites us to inhabit this tension, to honor it, and to find a resting place within it. The result is a hold somewhere between the viewer and the image, the canvas and the place beyond – a balancing point, a delicate spin – a teetering.
Teetering is a self-presented collection of new works by Asher Hoffman, with curation by Andrew K. Shepherd and presented in collaboration with Denver Digerati at the Evans School in the Golden Triangle of Denver, CO.