‘The mute arsehole’ essay at Locksmith Project Space, Sydney

Andrew Newman has written the catalogue essay accompanying Ben Terakes’ exhibition ‘Dum Dum’ currently on show at Locksmith Project Space in Alexandria. The essay, titled ‘The mute arsehole’, discusses Terakes’ recent painting and performance practice. The exhibition opens Thursday September 3 and runs until September 19. Newman will also be participating in the performance ‘Fight Night’ by Ben Terakes at Locksmith Project Space on Friday September 18. The second ‘Locksmith Project’ publication which will be launched on the same night of the performance and will feature Newman’s essay ‘Call to arms’. Locksmith Project can be purchased online from the Locksmith website.

Ben Terakes 'Performance Stain' 2009

Ben Terakes 'Performance Stain' 2009

About

Andrew Newman is a media artist and writer based in Sydney. In 2008 he completed his Master of Visual Arts at the Sydney College of the Arts researching the impact of new communication technologies on the art of writing love letters. Newman’s art practice unravels what he considers the conflict between the two desires for the other, drawn from two Greek gods, the sons of Aphrodite. Pothos, a desire for the absent being, and Himeros, the more burning desire for the present being. Through his work Newman reveals the absurd alienation of the individual, forever disconnected by these desires.

Artworks

Writing by Newman

Writing about Newman