May 7–30, 2026
Opening Reception Thursday, May 7, 7–10pm
Day & Night Projects presents Afterimage, a collaborative installation of sculptures by Atlanta-metro artists Blaise Dell & Hanna Newman.
An afterimage is what continues to appear in the eyes after looking away from the original image. It is the ghost of a thing. And like with all copies, the image changes in the course of being reproduced.
Newman’s figurative arrangements and Dell’s poetic reinventions of everyday objects are both built using a shared method of making: grafting. Rather than mimicking reality, both bodies of work emerge from a process of combining and transforming common images into uncanny new objects. Every sculpture here is a collision of forms, colors, memories and references. They are objects that will feel familiar to the viewer, but fundamentally altered. Together, these works unsettle the boundaries between animate and inanimate, human and nonhuman, myth and material.
Afterimage will open with a free, public reception on Thursday, May 7, 7–10pm, and the artists will be present. Viewing hours are Fridays and Saturdays, 12–5pm, or by appointment.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Blaise Dell
Blaise is an artist committed to learning and teaching metal and wood work. Sharing these skills is their contribution to a world built on collaboration and repair, rather than consumption and destruction. After earning a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Sculpture, theY worked in foundries fabricating fine art bronze and cast iron sculptures for other artists. They’ve since brought those technical skills to Georgia State University as the Sculpture Studio Manager.
Hanna Newman
Hanna is an interdisciplinary artist based in Georgia. Her work has been showcased in a diverse range of venues, including the Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, Art Conscious in New Orleans, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Galleries at Georgia State University in Atlanta, the SALA Festival in Adelaide, Australia, and the Kyoto Shibori Museum in Kyoto, Japan. With an interdisciplinary approach that joins material investigations and conceptual exploration, Newman’s work plays with themes of memory, space, and identity. She earned an MFA from Georgia State University in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art Appreciation at Chattahoochee Technical College in Georgia.
