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CURATOR'S STATEMENT
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art presents Luminous Recurrence: Exploring the Repetitive Use of Light in Art, a group exhibition conceived to explore the theme of light and repetition. The exhibition includes seven contemporary artists. Artists in the exhibition are Chul Hyun Ahn, Alan Alejo, Amy Stacey Curtis, Jin Lee, Linda Peláez-Dorian, Lars Strandh, and Youngmi Song. Working in a variety of media, such as painting, sculpture, installation, and mixed media, these artists use real and illusionistic light.
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Curated by Linda Palaez
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Light has always been a component of visual art. During certain periods in art history, light has been the primary focus of artists. Light glitters in Byzantine mosaics, shines forth from the marbles of the ancients, and pervades and defines architectural space throughout time. In Gothic architecture, for example, light beams through the stain glass windows transforming the material world into the spiritual. The Baroque painter, Caravaggio used the technique of tenebrism to portray spiritual events. In the 17 th century, Vermeer subtly manipulated the effects of lighting to portray a precise visual realism. The American Luminists, in their pursuit to capture the sublime in nature, used light. Light took precedence over depicting form for the Impressionists. Interested in perception and its manipulation, artists, Dan Flavin, Robert Irwin, and James Turrell, have explored the use of artificial and natural light in their works. This exhibition addresses how contemporary artists are making works of art with and about light in provocatively new and challenging ways.
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Linda Palaez
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Allen Alejo
Jin Lee
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Yungmi Song
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The viewer's awareness of him/herself and there participation is implicated in the works in this exhibition. Color, a product of light, is reflected in between Peláez-Dorian's bands of ribbon and rows of sequins, and in Song's glowing cut paper sculptures. Curtis' installation invites viewers to observe the collectively “changing” spectrum of colors as they move around her piece. Using fluorescent colored lights and mirrors, Ahn creates windows into infinite space. The viewer is confronted with thoroughly convincing illusions. Strandh explores the subtle nuances of color and light through his paintings.
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Charlie Chul-Hyu Ahn |
aaaaThe traces of his brushstrokes, ever so subtle, must be experienced first hand. Lee's plexi- paintings reminiscent of stained pitri dishes shed light on the microscopic. Viewers are physically engaged, as they walk through Alejo's installation of dimly lit columns. By means of repetition, each artist uniquely investigates the phenomena of light. With a diverse selection of abstract works, this exhibition illuminates the seductive medium of light through the language of repetition.
- Linda Palaez |
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