Size: 59.4 x 84.1cm
Singularity connects the distant monsters hiding in the cosmos with the delicate paradise of our pale blue dot. Astronomers managed to photograph not one but two shadows of black holes in recent years. A great achievement of not only science but humanity. Born out of the death of supergiant stars, or in most recent theories the collapsing of giant gas clouds in the early universe, these titans will populate the cosmos for what seems almost an infinite amount of years to come. For humanity, to photograph a black hole is not only a quest for the actual photograph. It’s a quest to travel to the edge of the unknown at the event horizon and to stare face to face with an object that currently turns of understanding of physics upside down. Breaking down the distance between these colossal gravitational machines and the viewer, Lewis’s ‘Singularity’ work has been created with the use of gravity on a much smaller scale. Created using a careful setup of light, water, and gravity and then through various digital editing, the work attempts to open a window up close and personal with some of the true titans of the cosmos. Somewhere even light cannot escape if it strays too close.
Lewis Andrews is a Fine Artist based in Leeds, United Kingdom. His work specialises in dealing with complex thoughts, ideas, and facts within nature and science. Some explore those in which we seem to be overshadowed and overpowered in comparison by the vast distances, size, or quantities. Others investigate moments of extreme power, creation, and rebirth on a molecular scale or on a scale comparable to that of the universe. Questioning our relationships, place, and role within the universe, environment, and natural spaces.
Lewis Andrews moved to Leeds in 2016 to study a BA(Hons) in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University graduating in July 2019. In 2022, Lewis completed his Postgraduate Fine Arts Degree also at Leeds Arts University, graduating with a Masters in the Creative Arts. Lewis has participated in exhibitions up and down the country and internationally. In November 2020, Lewis was selected to participate in the Mayes Creative Watching the Sun: Virtual Residency alongside other artists with an interest in astronomy and ancient astrology. Lewis went on to participate in two more virtual arts-science residences with Mayes Creative and work from the residency was included in a publication published and included within the Royal Astronomy Society Archive.
