{"product_id":"safe-place-2018","title":"SAFE PLACE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"subtitle\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"popup_region\" class=\"title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail_view_module detail_view_module_artwork_caption prose\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dimensions\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"subtitle\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"popup_region\" class=\"title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail_view_module detail_view_module_artwork_caption prose\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dimensions\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward Mason, \u003cem\u003eSafe Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOil on canvas, 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e100 x 76 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSafe Place\u003c\/em\u003e, Howard Mason constructs a psychologically charged scene that externalises the inner struggle of containment and release. A woman, caught in a tense, almost balletic pose, attempts to hold shut the drawers of a room overflowing with filing cabinets. Each drawer, labelled with words like “Isolation,” “Relationships,” and “Pensions,” spills fragments of her life — memories, anxieties, and unresolved emotions. Painted in Mason’s distinctive realist style, the work becomes a metaphor for the human tendency to compartmentalise pain, to store away what we can’t yet face. Yet, the act of keeping these drawers closed appears futile; the painting suggests that healing lies not in suppression, but in the willingness to open up, confront, and seek help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003cstrong\u003econtemporary figurative realism\u003c\/strong\u003e, infused with \u003cstrong\u003epsychological symbolism\u003c\/strong\u003e — a work that balances technical precision with emotional insight, revealing the architecture of the mind as much as the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Howard Mason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52275816431949,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/7335\/6877\/files\/alephcontemporary-howard-mason-safe-place-2018_3ee21d49-0046-46f2-8fcc-49f5710a159a.jpg?v=1755805784","url":"https:\/\/alephcontemporary.com\/ar\/products\/safe-place-2018","provider":"Aleph Contemporary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}