Image: Pool, Liam Herne.
GALLERY TWO | LIAM HERNE
QUANTUS
SAT 15 JUL 4.00PM - FRI 11 AUG 5.00PM
OPENING EVENT SAT 15 JUL, 4.00-6.00PM
FREE TO ATTEND
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Monday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday closed
Sunday closed
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Platform Arts is wheelchair-accessible via our Gheringhap St entrance. Unlocked, accessible bathrooms are available on both ground and first floors.
For accessibility enquiries, please directly contact us at hello@platformarts.org.au
Please note, Platform Arts is a dry venue.
Quantus is an exploration of and documentation of three spaces: the physical environment, the virtual space and the imagined. Throughout this body of work, Liam Herne wishes to play with the idea of how these 3 worlds intersect and juxtapose each other.
The catalyst for the artworks in this series was the restrictions imposed on all of us in lockdown. The artist sought to try to create work based around the idea of confinement or being restricted to the domestic environment, both mentally and physically. The question posed by the artist to himself whilst making the work was "how can I create artworks with limited space and resources?"
The resulting works see Herne making imagined sculptures and installations in his home and around his suburb in Queensland. They simultaneously highlight mundane or everyday spaces whilst also explore how constrictive it can be to stay in one environment for extended periods. Most of the artworks in this exhibition have been created using Augmented Reality apps on a phone. This adds to the idea of limitations or constraints explored in the work as the artist was restricted to the capability of his device and the orientation and ratio aspect of the screen.
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Liam Herne is an artist from Watford, UK who predominantly works with photographic media and video. Liam studied Fine Art at the University of Hertfordshire and after graduating in 2008 exhibited his work around the UK before moving to Australia in 2013. Since then, he has been exhibiting his work nationally and internationally.
Herne works in arts education as a Senior Visual Arts Teacher at Brisbane Grammar School. He has also curated and coordinated exhibitions such as The Incubator, an art exhibition showcasing the talents of young emerging artists based in Brisbane and in 2020-21, he was coordinator of the Creative Generations Visual Art exhibition for the Brisbane Metro Region.
