Stopping Soon
is a body of figurative work that investigates the inevitable decay of the human body, specifically looking at the legs as the primary source of ambulation. The pace of society is forever increasing with technological advancements, and as a result people are busier than ever before. The human body must compensate to keep up. But how much compensation can the body do until it can no longer function? This series of pantyhose sculptures visually measures the fine line between overuse and disuse of one’s body. The eventual aesthetic decay of the body’s primary source of movement is a strikingly harsh reality.
Stopping Soon
(Ground Floor Gallery, "The Artist's Alphabet", 2015)
Nashville Scene's, Erica Ciccarone, considered Hough's Stopping Soon as "perhaps the work that affected me most" in the Artist's Alphabet Exhibit (2015) at the Ground Floor Gallery. "Hough's Stopping Soon, a wall sculpture so truly ugly that I haven’t been able to shake it since I saw it last week. It’s part of a series about the underuse and overuse of the body and its aesthetic decay. The sculpture, made from insulation foam, panty hose, and acrylic, disturbed me precisely because I am unused to viewing bodies in states of decay and disuse; I’m uncomfortable with the eventual facts of the body, and the series’ title, "Stopping Soon," makes it seem all too inevitable. Kudos to Hough for getting under my skin with this piece."
Pins & Needles (I-IV)
series of 4 (2014)
Mixed Media: Polyurethane foam, pantyhose, acrylic, pins and needles
Stopping Soon
series of 4 (2015)
Mixed Media: polyurethane foam, pantyhose, and acrylic.
