Her
engagement with a world way beyond the framing
edge is marked by her attempted defiance
within it..
Houbart’s
Hope (Green); Hope Advanced, Hope Dasht,
2001-03. Synthetic polymer on linen, 7 ½ x
10 ¼ feet (228.6cm x 312.4cm). Houbart’s
Hope, 2001-05, is the third part of a trilogy
of large-format mapping paintings that began with
the Saskatchewan paintings in 1993. This
picture plays with electrical-chemical dynamics
of the planet and the brain.
