The Long White Line
Andrew Tomkins
11 November – 25 November 2023
In “The Long White Line” my thoughts have not only been of frozen moments in the passage of time but also of that abstract human concept of infinity. With this notion we are told time is endless, our deities exist forever and the cosmos is never-ending.
This idea, foundational to religion, mathematics and science shapes our perception of the universe and how human society has evolved .Here, I am searching for the infinite spaces we unknowingly share. Each of the works exhibits not only negative space but what I call an “indescribable volume”. I am fascinated with the paradoxical idea of removing elements to create a sense of more. Words cannot really describe what some perceive as nothingness or the void. To me, nothingness does not exist; the void is overflowing and endless. “The Long White Line” as we see it, implies the work is never ending ; it has no beginning , or end. The underlying construction alludes to the boundless, repetitive world the artist inhabits. I invite the audience to engage with these works, to contemplate the spatial dimensions they occupy, helping them to understand and be at one with the immediate world in which they exist .
Exhibition opening launched by
Elizabeth Fortescue
Visual Arts Writer & Journalist
Saturday 11 November 2023
Andrew Tomkins
Linocut Workshop
Saturday 18 November 2023
Andrew Tomkins
Artists in Conversation
with
Renee Porter
Curator
Hurstville Museum & Gallery
Saturday 25 November 2023
ARTWORK
