Grant Newman

Lives and works in Chicago, IL, USA

Artist statement

In my work I often use abstraction as a language to communicate a complicated dialogue between converging layers of visual information. My paintings emerge through process versus procedure. A variety of techniques, tools and materials are applied to create a visual field of buildups and breakdowns. Working by way of trial and error in an additive/subtractive method, the paintings develop into a collision of competing gestures. Each painting becomes a sort of snafu where unintentional entanglements of decisions build a compression of layers collapsing into an image of unsettled identity.

Artwork

• Whiplash, 2019. acrylic, enamel and house paint on canvas
• Goat Rope, 2019. acrylic and enamel paint on canvas
• dirty hippie, 2019. acrylic and enamel on canvas mounted to canvas with wood frame
• piece of lemon and turtle soup, 2019. acrylic, enamel, and metallic paint, paper on canvas
• Netscape, 2019. acrylic, enamel and house paint on canvas in painted wood frame
• Dirt Bike Dub, 2019. acrylic, enamel and metallic paint on canvas with wood frame