(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions proudly presents "Reconstructions" by Artist Sarah J. Mueller. The exhibition runs from Saturday, March 1 through Sunday, March 30, 2025. Sarah's recent work challenges traditional portraiture by removing its fundamental purpose – to capture and honor a specific subject.
This series of paintings emerges solely from remembered encounters with strangers. In doing so, she is experimenting in discovering whether a meaningful presence can emerge when working purely from memory, without reference materials or intent to form an accurate likeness. The method pushes against her formal training in figurative drawing and portraiture, and loosens up her hand to allow abstraction and gesture to take precedence over precision.
Deliberately obscuring identities and recognizable features, these works shift attention to the energy and atmosphere that emerge between artist and subject. Dramatic, intense palettes, marked by bold tonal shifts and contrasts, create a sense of emotional tension, clouded perception, and projected anxieties.
“Sarah’s recent work is a mesmerizing interplay of color, form, and suggestion. Her dreamy, ethereal palettes blend seamlessly with figures that seem to waver between presence and absence—ghostly apparitions that haunt the canvas yet remain undeniably tangible. With a masterful command of composition, she invites the viewer into a world where meaning is fluid, allowing each observer to craft their own narrative within the frame. Through delicate brushwork and an almost cinematic sense of atmosphere, she conjures the illusion of everyday moments imbued with an enigmatic undertone, leaving us to wonder what is truly unfolding beneath the surface,” says Gallery Director, Andrea McKenna
The gallery will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Private viewings can be arranged by contacting [email protected]. A public reception will be held on Sunday, Sunday 2nd, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, and an artist talk is scheduled for Sunday, March 16th, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Art House Productions is located at 345 Marin Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The Art House Gallery presents work by local, regional, national and international artists and curators. The visual arts program at Art House hosts a variety of initiatives that engage, celebrate and serve our community and reach beyond our borders to offer unique opportunities for engagement in vibrant and expansive conversations about contemporary art.
Their open call exhibitions reach beyond established networks to bring together diverse artists into conversation through thematic investigations. They host and curate exhibitions of individual artists, and small group shows by artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their work. Guest curators invigorate the critical dialogue that is essential to lively inquiry and understanding of the arts. They accept and encourage exhibition proposals year-round. Collaborative projects with other arts organizations expand, strengthen and sustain connections to wider arts communities and audiences.
Admission to the gallery and supporting events are always free and open to the public.
