Light from Tate: 1700s to Now
Explore the startling beauty and resonance of light in Light from Tate: 1700s to Now, a major exhibition exclusive to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T膩maki in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Curated from the collections of Tate, UK, Light from Tate: 1700s to Now features more than 70 artworks by celebrated artists across the globe from the 18th century to the present day.
Light from Tate: 1700s to Now tells the story of how light has captivated artists over time and across different media including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, drawing and moving image.
The exhibition features the historical paintings of visionary artists JMW Turner and John Constable, the impressionistic brushstrokes of Claude Monet, the bursts of sensorial colour painted by Wassily Kandinsky, Bridget Riley and Josef Albers, and the pioneering experimental photographs of the 1920s.
These incredible works are presented alongside mesmerising installations that include Olafur Eliasson鈥檚 crystalline sphere Stardust Particle, 2014, James Turrell鈥檚 space-melting Raemar, Blue, 1969 and Lis Rhodes鈥� immersive Light Music, 1975.
Other well-known artists in the exhibition are Vilhelm Hammersh酶i, Dan Flavin, Liliane Lijn, Tacita Dean, Pae White and many more.
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Explore the startling beauty and resonance of light in Light from Tate: 1700s to Now, a major exhibition exclusive to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T膩maki in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Curated from the collections of Tate, UK, Light from Tate: 1700s to Now features more than 70 artworks by celebrated artists across the globe from the 18th century to the present day.
Light from Tate: 1700s to Now tells the story of how light has captivated artists over time and across different media including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, drawing and moving image.
The exhibition features the historical paintings of visionary artists JMW Turner and John Constable, the impressionistic brushstrokes of Claude Monet, the bursts of sensorial colour painted by Wassily Kandinsky, Bridget Riley and Josef Albers, and the pioneering experimental photographs of the 1920s.
These incredible works are presented alongside mesmerising installations that include Olafur Eliasson鈥檚 crystalline sphere Stardust Particle, 2014, James Turrell鈥檚 space-melting Raemar, Blue, 1969 and Lis Rhodes鈥� immersive Light Music, 1975.
Other well-known artists in the exhibition are Vilhelm Hammersh酶i, Dan Flavin, Liliane Lijn, Tacita Dean, Pae White and many more.
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