Marlo Neumann

Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School

ROOMS OF THE ARTIST'S EARTHLY PLANE.

Painting

Acrylic on canvas

Rooms of the Artist's Earthly Plane is a triptych examining both my personal journey and the broader human experience. Inspired by mythology and history, my body of work investigates the impacts of concepts of faith, death, afterlife and judgement while commenting on modern issues such as the rise of generative AI. My intention in incorporating symbols, literary and artistic references and personal allusions was to encourage the audience's inherent curiosity, discovering details and making their own interpretation about the underlying meaning. The work itself sustained smoke damage from a fire, giving it a yellowed and aged appearance.

My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Salvador Dali; René Magritte; Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights; Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy; AES+F, Liminal Space Trilogy; Sven Nordqvist; Ben Quilty; Michelangelo; Ten Hundred; Abdul Abdullah.