Brigitte Kowanz: Light Is What We See
The question, 禄What is light?芦 stands at the center of Brigitte Kowanz鈥� oeuvre. Her answer is: 禄Light is what we see芦鈥攁n allusion to the paradoxical fact that light makes everything visible but itself normally remains invisible. The eponymous retrospective at the ALBERTINA guides viewers through works created by this important artist since the 1980s.
Light, characterized by ephemerality, boundlessness, and immateriality, plays a leading role in this exhibition. Her light-based artworks, shown in custom-created mirrored spaces, are reflected an infinite number of times or made visible to begin with through the employment of black lights.
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The question, 禄What is light?芦 stands at the center of Brigitte Kowanz鈥� oeuvre. Her answer is: 禄Light is what we see芦鈥攁n allusion to the paradoxical fact that light makes everything visible but itself normally remains invisible. The eponymous retrospective at the ALBERTINA guides viewers through works created by this important artist since the 1980s.
Light, characterized by ephemerality, boundlessness, and immateriality, plays a leading role in this exhibition. Her light-based artworks, shown in custom-created mirrored spaces, are reflected an infinite number of times or made visible to begin with through the employment of black lights.
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