New Hang Andrew Grassie
May 5—June 19, 2005
Tate Britain, London

New Hang Andrew Grassie

New Hang: Tate, New Hang 6, 2004–05 Tempera on paper on board Over one year and four shoots, an implausible 'hang' was created in a room at Tate Britain, using works from Tate collection. Starting with a view from the entrance, each of the paintings depicted the space in which it would eventually hang as seen from the vantage point of the previous painting. Travelling through the space, the imagined show could be perceived from different angles. The paintings acted as evidence of a show that never existed. The curatorial logic was solely to fulfil its own documentation as painting. Photo © Andrew Grassie

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Andrew Grassie is a painter whose works engage with complex ideas. Grassie’s starting point is a re-examination of the fundamental question of what to paint. He turns this question on its head, producing paintings which present a series of compelling propositions about painting itself, recording and representing scenarios such as the circumstances of their own production or display. New Hang consists of thirteen small paintings. Each shows a different view of an exhibition in the...
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