Art and the Experiment

Jeremy Houghton is artist in residence at the Park Lane Intercontinental Hotel, and is artist for London fashion week and Longborough festival opera. His amazing draughtsmanship, ability to paint in an array of styles, and use of vivid, atmospheric colour, will make him the Whistler of the 21st century! In April 2008 Jeremy launched a worldwide experiment. He posted 182 of his ‘window’ montages, each one comprising of three original miniature watercolours, to the British ambassador or high commissioner of every country in the world. And fifty extra ones (numbered with roman numerals at the end of the list) also got sent to friends in distant places. These people were all asked to simply hand the picture onto someone else to get Jeremy’s global experiment up and running. On the back of each montage is the following message: ‘This montage of three original miniature watercolours has been handed to you by someone who thought you looked appreciative and trustworthy, or just plain lovely. Take, own it, and enjoy if for a short while. Please don’t get too attached to it, so that you too can entrust this mini-masterpiece into further grateful and safe-looking hands. The aim of the experiment is to see how long it takes for the picture to be handed back to Jeremy Houghton, the artist who painted it.’

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