David Hou · Emotionism
Observations in
emotion.
Paintings that observe the inner life—its quiet shifts, contradictions, memories, and emotional traces.
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2023—2026
An emotional archive
Selected works
On Emotionism
Emotion is not the subject.
It is the way of seeing.
Emotionism begins with observation: not only of the visible world, but of what happens within us as we encounter it. A color can carry memory. A gesture can hold tension. An ordinary moment can reveal an entire interior landscape.
My paintings do not illustrate a single feeling. They follow emotion as it changes, overlaps, and leaves traces behind. This space is an evolving record of those observations.
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