John Haney | The Angel of History
May 4 - May 26, 2018
In 1940, Walter Benjamin likened human history to an angel who is blown backwards, blindly into the future. The angel beholds, and is propelled by, the horrors that constitute the past. In the exhibition The Angel of History, John Haney uses this rich metaphor as a lens through which to examine five male generations in his family.
Using various analogue photographic processes, sculpture, and mixed media, Haney works with trace, family mythology, material, and artifacts, exploring ideas of inheritance and implication. He revisits anxieties expressed by Modernist artists and writers, to see how familiar and/or relevant they are to us today.
May 4 - May 26, 2018
In 1940, Walter Benjamin likened human history to an angel who is blown backwards, blindly into the future. The angel beholds, and is propelled by, the horrors that constitute the past. In the exhibition The Angel of History, John Haney uses this rich metaphor as a lens through which to examine five male generations in his family.
Using various analogue photographic processes, sculpture, and mixed media, Haney works with trace, family mythology, material, and artifacts, exploring ideas of inheritance and implication. He revisits anxieties expressed by Modernist artists and writers, to see how familiar and/or relevant they are to us today.