C-lective Curator’s Cut:

Outta Reach captures a familiar tension: humanity’s longing to reconnect with nature after becoming deeply entangled in the systems that separate us from it. In a rare departure for Evan Hobart, a human figure rises beneath an entire cityscape, where buildings, roads, and infrastructure extend from its body and outstretched arms. Just beyond its grasp floats a delicate, evergreen tree, a symbol of a natural world that feels both vital and increasingly out of reach. The figure emerges from a pool of dark, reflective resin evoking crude oil, while the base is populated with mining equipment, trucks, and machinery that recur throughout Hobart’s practice, reinforcing themes of extraction, consumption, and industrial expansion. Fired to an ash-like, weathered surface, the work feels both ancient and scorched, while hand-blown glass details, including blacklight-reactive skull-like fingernails and illuminated pupils, add an otherworldly glow that shifts with the light.