Less than a couple of centuries ago an artist’s range of focus was primarily located between the immediate foreground and the infinite horizon. Today artists find themselves in a range that has extended far beyond the visible universe into the realms of light years and Plank lengths. These advancements have brought with them their own philosophical, political and aesthetic implications, prompting us to reconsider some of the most fundamental notions underpinning the Humanities, and in turn readdress the questions surrounding what it means to advance as an artist and collectively as an Art world. Maybe advancements in Art lie less in the direction of progress but more in the state of requestioning, bringing the past back into the current and sending the current into the past, forming a reciprocal relationship that dissolves both notions into a single realm of potential. This is a challenge the following artists have embarked upon through their practices and like the lens of an eye constantly readjusting to its environment, their works develop in a continuous state of refocusing around their unique philosophical, political and aesthetic concerns.

BHUMIJA DIPTI PANCHAL

ROSY COLEMAN

ROSANNA GARDNER

ALISTAIR MACKINNON

RAOUL ORZABAL

KIRAN VASWANI

ABIGAIL YENTIS