L E T T H E R E B E L I G H T, REVISITED
Anthony Pearson Untitled (Etched Plaster) medium coated pigmented hydrocal in walnut frame 2013 124.5 x 99.1 cm
L et T here B e L ight , R evisited Exhibition Dates: 09.10 - 14.11.15
Let There Be Light, Revisited, features works by pioneers Peter Alexander, DeWain Valentine, Mary Corse, and Helen Pashgian, as well as new generation artist Anthony Pearson. Referencing ‘California Minimalism’* at its core, the exhibition explores the 1960s/70s Light and Space movement in both its natural and artificial form. Intercepting and modifying the conversation between gallery and audience, the reactionary light works and sculptures transform the gallery into an ethereal, immersive space, which will explore the physical and spiritual connotations of Light Art and Space. Through cast urethane wall-sculptures and freestanding works Peter Alexander –renowned for his involvement in the Light and Space Movement–subtly plays with translucency, luminosity and graduating colour hues to alter the gallery environment, providing the viewer with an insight into his ongoing exploration of the effects of the changing properties of light and colour. Anthony Pearson’s signature mixed media monochrome surfaces address the obscure, the status of the image and its relationship to authorship as well as the art object itself. DeWain Valentine provides a historical context, through his cast polyester resin ‘Circle Sepia to Rose,’ (1970) and obstructs the audience’s viewing space; asking one to alter their path around the object and experience an evolving perspective of colour, shape and form. Mary Corse banishes colour from her mixed media wall sculptures, and seeks the complexity of light and space through obstruction, shadow and reflection as she mixes polyester resin, acrylic, glass, clay, canvas and light. Helen Pashgian - a key figure from the movement- plays with refraction, translucency and opacity to create an ethereal atmosphere within the gallery’s surrounding. Bridging the gap between these significant Los Angeles based artists and the European art audience, Let There Be Light, Revisited connects the past and present of the influential art movement, and provides an interpretation in the context of the European art world of 2015.
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Mary Corse Untitled (White inner Band, Beveled) Acrylic and glass microspheres on canvas 2012 113 x 112 x 10 cm
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Peter Alexander 1/26/13 (Turquoise Bar) Urethane 2011 192 x 16 x 6 cm
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Peter Alexander 6/3/14 Urethane 2011 188 x 14 x 6 cm
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Helen Pashgian Untitled (Red) Resin on wood panel 1991 122 x 122 cm Peter Alexander 10/8/14 Urethane 2011 24.5 x 22.5 x 11 cm Peter Alexander 11/5/14 Ruby Box Urethane 2011 13 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm
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Forgotten Memory 2015 Steel wire, found object, retrieved object 117 x 46 x 66 cm
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Helen Pashgian Untitled Cast polyester wall hanging 1968/69 35.7 x 35.7 cm 33.6 x 34.5 cm 35.3 x 34.9 cm Anthony Pearson Untitled (Plaster Positive) hydrocal in walnut frame 2013 110.5 x 79.5 cm
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Exhibition Catalogue: Let There Be Light, Revisited 9 October – 14 November 2015 Published by Gazelli Art House 39 Dover Street London W1S 4NN wwww.gazelliarthouse.com
Photography: © Peter Mallet. Courtesy Gazelli Art House