New Work
John Newman (DG 2014) recently visited Shark’s to make four prints: Head First, Second Head First, A small monument to Heliotropism (above) and Looking through to ‘Light and lace-maker’ (below). These prints are both specific in formal design and yet elicit a wide spectrum of responses – they ask to be interrogated, mediated upon, and, marveled at.
Newman’s drawings and prints compress the role of drawing and sculpture. He depicts illusionistic spaces and forms that defy physical laws, like Piranesi’s visionary architecture. Â