‘Map / Ground / Grain’ exhibition at Inflight, Hobart
Andrew Newman is exhibiting work from his new series ‘Grounded’ at the exhibition ‘Map / Ground / Grain’ at Inflight Gallery in Hobart from July 31 until August 22. The exhibition examines “how in quantum physics (the science of the sub-nanoscopic) everything that we know to be true in our world breaks down at a miniscule level. This comparability to ‘our’ level, however, may be just a comforting myth – a way to rationalise a universe that is comprised of entities both a billion times bigger and smaller than ourselves.” The exhibition also features the work of Ryszard Dabek, Laura McLean and Greg Shapley.
In ‘Grounded,’ Newman revisits ground where he has made love, collecting samples, hoping to find remnants of her body and remnants of his. Newman documents the work with large scale photographs of the dirt lifted from the ground.
Andrew Newman, 'In the backyard. Underneath the wattle tree my brother planted. Out of sight from the window of the kitchen, where my mother was drinking wine. She wore fuchsia pink underpants. I would pluck clumps of grass out as we spoke. Afterwards her back was pink and had the impression of a Pollock painting.' LAMDA print, 125cm x 125cm, 2009