Sarah Grew
Artist Statement
Living in the uncharted territory of the Sars-Cov2 era, I have looked to the scientific imagery of viruses to visualize and understand the situation. For me, the abstractness of the microscope photographs is similar to the maze-like feeling of living through the pandemic. I print the electron microscope images as cyanotypes to remind us that the timeline of the existence of vaccines and photography are about the same, both invented in the early 19th Century. Imagine how mentally devastating an epidemic would be if we could not see what ailed us.
Artist Bio
Sarah Grew brings to photography the eyes of a painter and a deep interest in both science and history. The core focus of her art practice centers on representing and interrogating concepts of time and temporality, as a way to speak to a range of phenomena that encompass past, present and future, as well as our sense of how to define existence. She has exhibited her work internationally and been awarded a number of artist residencies which have enriched her current projects using alternative processes to speak to climate change and the fragility of our planet.
Pricing
Coronavirus, 2020, cyanotype on watercolor paper, 12" x 12", edition of 10. Electron microscope image by NIAID used by permission, altered by Sarah Grew. $195
Aids virus, 2020, cyanotype on watercolor paper, 12" x 12", edition of 10. Electron microscope image by NIAID used by permission, altered by Sarah Grew. $195
Ebola Astronomy, 2020cyanotype on watercolor paper, 12" x 12", edition of 10. Electron microscope image by NIAID used by permission, Hubble Space Telescope image used by permission, altered by Sarah Grew. $195
