The Small Infinite unites a diverse collection of international artists whose work focuses on more intimate perceptions of reality, ranging from photography and works on paper to sculpture, video installation and digital interventions. The exhibition explores the theme of the infinitesimally small through a range of fine art practices as diverse as particle physics, the economic crisis, utopianism, hacking, virtual worlds and the materiality of film. A key feature is the inclusion of works from the series One Second Drawings by British artist John Latham (1921-2006), which act as the exhibition’s gravitational centre.
The Small Infinite returns us to a sense of humanity through discrete perceptual experiences that reject the spectacular, revealing profundity within the unseen, the intimate and the fragile. The exhibition serves to remind us that, under the hammer-blows of life and time, what endures is the small.
The Small Infinite is a John Hansard Gallery exhibition curated by Lanfranco Aceti with Vince Dziekan, in partnership with Winchester School of Art.
The Small Infinite Curator Discussion: “The Aesthetics of Scale: Or on How to Grasp the Little Things”
20 September 2014 12pm – 3pm
Join The Small Infinite curator Lanfranco Aceti and Ryan Bishop in discussion about the exhibition, with guest speakers from across the artworld including contributing artists Bill Balaskas and Bronwen Buckeridge, alongside Helen Sloan (SCAN) and Sunil Manghani (Winchester School of Art).