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Doug Argue: Fire for Fire

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New York City-based artist Doug Argue's new body of work, Fire for Fire - an unabashed commentary on climate change and the epidemic of book banning is now on view and for sale at Sub Rosa. Please reach out to gather@subrosabotanica.com for pricing.

As Canadian forest fire smoke blanketed New York City in the summer of 2023, Argue began reimagining Hudson River School paintings in flames -- considering not only the impact of climate change, but also reflecting on "a time when artistic traditions should rightfully be under fire for their biased and non-inclusive history." Argue writes: "I left the people intact, pondering nature as if nothing was astray, as the fires burn around them." Using an archival printer, Argue has reproduced Hudson River School paintings and overlayed fire in oil paint to create this series.

In 2023, Argue’s career survey exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum was, shockingly, not accompanied by the book that inspired it. Letters to the Future, edited by Claude Peck and published by Skira in Milan, was set to accompany the exhibition by the same name (the book was released in 2020 and the exhibition opening was delayed from 2020 to 2023 due to COVID); the book contains a forward by the former Weisman Art Museum Director (who booked the show, but left the museum in 2020) and an essay by the show's guest curator. When the exhibition opened in 2023, Argue gave a customary opening lecture at the museum and concluded his talk by directing the attendees to the museum shop to find his book. With no prior warning, Argue and the museum guests discovered that the museum had pulled the book from its shelves. Argue writes, "It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had." The banning of Letters to the Future gave Argue a personal cause to delve deeper into understanding the book bans - and the communities that are most affected - which have become pervasive in the latest incarnation of our culture wars. For this series, Argue used an archival printer to reproduce images of piles of books - taken from his own paintings that were completed in 1996 - and overlayed fire in oil paint.

Doug Argue’s forty-year painting career has culminated in a well-known and recognizable body of work that ranges from pure abstraction to representation. Argue’s work reflects his poetic interest in the relationship between infinity and the individual, creating an expansive vision, shaped by his travels, readings, and connections with creatives worldwide. He captures the constant flux and shifting of life. His oeuvre includes creating larger-than-life paintings, these expressionist images, exploring his interests in time, space, the environment, and the nature of perception, stands apart from the abstract or conceptual art of many of his contemporaries.

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New York City-based artist Doug Argue's new body of work, Fire for Fire - an unabashed commentary on climate change and the epidemic of book banning is now on view and for sale at Sub Rosa. Please reach out to gather@subrosabotanica.com for pricing.

As Canadian forest fire smoke blanketed New York City in the summer of 2023, Argue began reimagining Hudson River School paintings in flames -- considering not only the impact of climate change, but also reflecting on "a time when artistic traditions should rightfully be under fire for their biased and non-inclusive history." Argue writes: "I left the people intact, pondering nature as if nothing was astray, as the fires burn around them." Using an archival printer, Argue has reproduced Hudson River School paintings and overlayed fire in oil paint to create this series.

In 2023, Argue’s career survey exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum was, shockingly, not accompanied by the book that inspired it. Letters to the Future, edited by Claude Peck and published by Skira in Milan, was set to accompany the exhibition by the same name (the book was released in 2020 and the exhibition opening was delayed from 2020 to 2023 due to COVID); the book contains a forward by the former Weisman Art Museum Director (who booked the show, but left the museum in 2020) and an essay by the show's guest curator. When the exhibition opened in 2023, Argue gave a customary opening lecture at the museum and concluded his talk by directing the attendees to the museum shop to find his book. With no prior warning, Argue and the museum guests discovered that the museum had pulled the book from its shelves. Argue writes, "It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had." The banning of Letters to the Future gave Argue a personal cause to delve deeper into understanding the book bans - and the communities that are most affected - which have become pervasive in the latest incarnation of our culture wars. For this series, Argue used an archival printer to reproduce images of piles of books - taken from his own paintings that were completed in 1996 - and overlayed fire in oil paint.

Doug Argue’s forty-year painting career has culminated in a well-known and recognizable body of work that ranges from pure abstraction to representation. Argue’s work reflects his poetic interest in the relationship between infinity and the individual, creating an expansive vision, shaped by his travels, readings, and connections with creatives worldwide. He captures the constant flux and shifting of life. His oeuvre includes creating larger-than-life paintings, these expressionist images, exploring his interests in time, space, the environment, and the nature of perception, stands apart from the abstract or conceptual art of many of his contemporaries.

New York City-based artist Doug Argue's new body of work, Fire for Fire - an unabashed commentary on climate change and the epidemic of book banning is now on view and for sale at Sub Rosa. Please reach out to gather@subrosabotanica.com for pricing.

As Canadian forest fire smoke blanketed New York City in the summer of 2023, Argue began reimagining Hudson River School paintings in flames -- considering not only the impact of climate change, but also reflecting on "a time when artistic traditions should rightfully be under fire for their biased and non-inclusive history." Argue writes: "I left the people intact, pondering nature as if nothing was astray, as the fires burn around them." Using an archival printer, Argue has reproduced Hudson River School paintings and overlayed fire in oil paint to create this series.

In 2023, Argue’s career survey exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum was, shockingly, not accompanied by the book that inspired it. Letters to the Future, edited by Claude Peck and published by Skira in Milan, was set to accompany the exhibition by the same name (the book was released in 2020 and the exhibition opening was delayed from 2020 to 2023 due to COVID); the book contains a forward by the former Weisman Art Museum Director (who booked the show, but left the museum in 2020) and an essay by the show's guest curator. When the exhibition opened in 2023, Argue gave a customary opening lecture at the museum and concluded his talk by directing the attendees to the museum shop to find his book. With no prior warning, Argue and the museum guests discovered that the museum had pulled the book from its shelves. Argue writes, "It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had." The banning of Letters to the Future gave Argue a personal cause to delve deeper into understanding the book bans - and the communities that are most affected - which have become pervasive in the latest incarnation of our culture wars. For this series, Argue used an archival printer to reproduce images of piles of books - taken from his own paintings that were completed in 1996 - and overlayed fire in oil paint.

Doug Argue’s forty-year painting career has culminated in a well-known and recognizable body of work that ranges from pure abstraction to representation. Argue’s work reflects his poetic interest in the relationship between infinity and the individual, creating an expansive vision, shaped by his travels, readings, and connections with creatives worldwide. He captures the constant flux and shifting of life. His oeuvre includes creating larger-than-life paintings, these expressionist images, exploring his interests in time, space, the environment, and the nature of perception, stands apart from the abstract or conceptual art of many of his contemporaries.

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33B West Street
Northampton, MA 01060

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This is your official invitation to come through tonight 6/26 or tomorrow 6/27.... Otherwise we won't see you until July 10th! 

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Our schedule for the next few weeks is pretty wild, so here are some details...

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Our design ethos is rooted in reverence, and by now, you probably know that SR was born out of our desire to share with you all some portion of the magic that we see in the world as growers, designers and dreamers. It is truly a privilege to be arbit
It's mid - week and the farm is giving, which means we will have a beautiful weekend sharing the field's bounty with you at SR starting tomorrow.

Hampshire Pride is this Saturday -- and to be honest, we still don't really understand why, no matter h
Everyday, we are feeling so beyond privileged to grow food and flowers and swim in clean water and feast our eyes on the rolling hills and listen to the midsummer bugs and have cool weather at night and use our bodies to get around and listen to musi Will you join us this weekend? We're back tonight and we'd love to see you. 

The next few months are what the local bizzes experience as the slowest time of the year, which honestly has the capacity to throw us into a tailspin of existential questio We are CLOSED starting this Saturday 6/28!

This is your official invitation to come through tonight 6/26 or tomorrow 6/27.... Otherwise we won't see you until July 10th! 

We'll still be toiling away in the hot farm fields, but we need to take a bea Who knows how long SR will exist - the dissonance of end stage capitalism is louder than ever. But while we have physical space to share, it will always exist to build community. 

We hope you're finding your people. If not now, when?🌹 We are beyond thrilled to welcome Dr. Crystal Fleming on FRIDAY the 13th for our first - ever Queer Tarot night!!! Dr. Fleming will be offering complimentary tarot card readings from 6-8pm (first come, first served) for community members using the&nb We have been in production all week, preparing for a private event that we - and so many loved ones in our community - have been looking forward to for over a year. If you feel some magic in the Valley this weekend, it's probably a vortex created by We're covered head-to-toe in dirt these days, in hot and heavy pursuit of flowers. Consider this a reminder to get your hands in some soil ASAP. 

Our schedule for the next few weeks is pretty wild, so here are some details...

THIS WEEK:

5/15, 5/17
It's been 7 months since we witnessed an incredible conversation between @doug.argue and @ocean_vuong who gathered in celebration of Doug's body of work - 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 - which is still on view at SR until the end of June. It has been a tr
Our design ethos is rooted in reverence, and by now, you probably know that SR was born out of our desire to share with you all some portion of the magic that we see in the world as growers, designers and dreamers. It is truly a privilege to be arbit It's mid - week and the farm is giving, which means we will have a beautiful weekend sharing the field's bounty with you at SR starting tomorrow.

Hampshire Pride is this Saturday -- and to be honest, we still don't really understand why, no matter h

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Friday & Saturday 5-11pm

We cannot accept reservations at this time.

All seating is first-come, first-served

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(413)-570-4122

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