Hanna Newman
“As the planes of vision jump, the actual self and the ideal self and the difference between them connect in one triangle momentarily. The connection is eros.” -Anne Carson
THE HUNT is a sculptural installation that explores the complexity of the self. It explores the inner dualities of the psyche: ego and shadow, control and surrender, fragmentation and wholeness. Drawing from mythology, archetypal imagery, and personal memory, THE HUNT is a symbolic space where the desire for discovery meets the resistance of the known. In a suspended moment of tension, opposing forces come into play — the restrained and the free, the known and the unknown. The hunter, mounted to the wall and frozen in tension, raises an arrow toward a freer, roaming aspect of the self. Here, the self is not singular but split — circling itself in ritual, confrontation, and longing. It is in this moment of confrontation that transformation becomes possible.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Hanna Newman is an interdisciplinary artist based in Georgia. Her work has been showcased in a diverse range of venues, including Columbia College’s Goodall Gallery in South Carolina, Art Conscious in New Orleans, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Galleries at Georgia State University in Atlanta, the SALA Festival in Adelaide, Australia, and the Kyoto Shibori Museum in Kyoto, Japan. With an interdisciplinary approach that joins material investigations and conceptual exploration, Newman’s work plays with themes of memory, space, and identity. She earned an MFA from Georgia State University in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art Appreciation at Chattahoochee Technical College in Georgia.