An ancient city, a modern life. The work of Andrew Hazewinkel arrives at a liminal space between the folds of time.
In one direction was the grand entry to the old city of Rome. In the other were the banks of the Tiber, where the familiar city and its ancient landmarks gave way to the muddy and overgrown banks of the river.
It was 2006 and the Australian-born artist Andrew Hazewinkel had arrived in Rome on an Australia Council residency. Hazewinkel made a fateful choice: “I felt overwhelmed by the gravity of the stacked stones of the city, the sheer weight of its histories of power, devotion and violence,” he recalls. “I turned away from the city, toward the river, which offered a very different way in.” ...
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