“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.”
— Thomas Moore
“Everyday life is the most important context for understanding being.”
— Martin Heidegger
“Sow a thought, and you reap an action; sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character.”
— Charles Reade
In‑Gate Gallery is delighted to present Home Habits, a group exhibition exploring the intimate and quotidian through the practice of four artists: Dmitry Bulnygin, Jeanine Cohen, Semyon Agroskin, and Mathieu Zurstrassen.
“Home Habits” immerses the viewer in moments of domestic ritual, revealing how everyday behaviors shape personal space, memory, and identity. Each artist brings a distinct approach, yet all are united by a shared attention to the texture of routine and the psychology of the unseen.
Featured Artists & Works
- Dmitry Bulnygin presents works in papier-mâché from a conceptual series Killed, Stuffed and Forgotten, and a wooden sculpture On the Fifth Point. The artist examines household systems—linearity, order, repetition—in works that reframe domestic frameworks as visual philosophy.
- Jeanine Cohen offers a lyrical lens on everyday objects. Works from her recent series can be perceived as interior elements, imaginary frames, or windows—constructed with precision and accuracy—inviting the viewer into a play of light and shadow.
- Semyon Agroskin navigates interior worlds and daily gestures through paintings like Interior. Morning, Guests 6, Package, and Pair—a meditative testament to the weight of our private lives.
- Mathieu Zurstrassen contributes sculptural pieces Iron & Comb and Ex-Voto, which translate interior life into physical form—with notes of irony and humor, key elements in the spirit of the artist’s work.
Home Habits exhibition celebrates the poetic charge of daily routines. What might go unnoticed—the light falling on a table, the fold of a curtain, the sequence of tasks—here becomes charged with meaning. Familiarity turns to revelation; home becomes a site of inquiry and discovery.
