Land Escapes

As life in America continues to distance itself from the countryside, vacations and travel are a time to reintroduce the self to nature. As summer approaches in America, this idolized time of year brings thoughts of travel, escape, and road trips. With individual freeways that stretch over 3,000 miles, taking the car across country reveals America’s boundless diverse landscapes, as travelers immerse themselves in America’s ever changing personality.

Opening June 9, Joshua Liner Gallery presents Land Escapes, a curated group show of 18 artists celebrating this time of year. Land Escapes focuses on contemporary definitions of “landscape” using varied and fresh perspectives of both emerging and established artists.

The “landscape” painting is a long-standing tradition in Western art. The artists of Land Escapes work from within this tradition to redefine the genre with varied mediums ranging from photography, to mixed media, to painting. This collection of artists not only break apart the tradition of landscape art, but rebuild and redefine its possibilities, offering compelling ways of capturing America’s multiple identities. Land Escapes focuses and contextualizes these ideas within the framework of summer’s habitual relationship with travel, and natural beauty.  With each work carrying with it a sense of freedom, the artists pay homage to the landscape tradition in personal ways.