Vague Promises of Treasure is pleased to announce Virtual Relics, an exhibition of work by Manchester-based painter Xander Hoffman (b.1993). On view from December 3rd - January 5th, 2023, the artist will be in attendance for an opening reception on Saturday, December 3rd, from 5 to 9 pm at our pop up location in Beverly Hills, CA (8634 Wilshire Blvd). Working within the field of traditional painting, Hoffman explores the phenomenon of screen based experiences, recording with paradoxical precision of brief glimpses of reality, turning the ethereal glimmer of screens into a weighty, physical presence. In creating a memoriam for screen based imagery, Hoffman has faithfully carried on and expanded onto the legacy of the Impressionists in their attempts to capture pervading light, preserving the ghostly and burnished images that live on through pauses, screenshots or jagged low res video files. The action of painting, in preserving the tactility of both light and the process of creating digital images through pixels, becomes the mode of which Hoffman confirms the reality that whimsical, glowing light lives among us. Email info@vpt.gallery for preview