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Lisha Bai: Year Without a Summer
The show, titled 鈥淵ear Without a Summer,鈥� will feature a new series of sculptures cast from colored sand. From afar, Bai鈥檚 works appear to be window frames, but upon inspection reveal themselves to be precise cast facsimiles of stretched canvases, turned around to reveal their structural supports. These sculptural simulations of paintings are built from granules of colored sand, and depict light and atmospheric conditions at various times of day 鈥� permanently fixing ephemeral moments with the byproducts of geologic time. Bai鈥檚 works will be installed along the walls of the front gallery surrounding the viewer in a spectrum of light and color. Seen together, they evoke multiple shifts in barometric phenomena.
The atmospheric landscapes of J.W.M. Turner are a touchstone for this group of sculptures. Bai looks at Turner鈥檚 color palette and the tension in his works between illusionism and their materiality. The title of the show refers to the eruption of Mt. Tambora in the year 1816, which left high levels of volcanic ash in the atmosphere, creating spectacular sunsets around the world and setting the inspiration for Turner鈥檚 famous sunset paintings. Bai鈥檚 works, like Turner鈥檚, capture light鈥� rendering a continuum of hues in quartz and rock.
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The show, titled 鈥淵ear Without a Summer,鈥� will feature a new series of sculptures cast from colored sand. From afar, Bai鈥檚 works appear to be window frames, but upon inspection reveal themselves to be precise cast facsimiles of stretched canvases, turned around to reveal their structural supports. These sculptural simulations of paintings are built from granules of colored sand, and depict light and atmospheric conditions at various times of day 鈥� permanently fixing ephemeral moments with the byproducts of geologic time. Bai鈥檚 works will be installed along the walls of the front gallery surrounding the viewer in a spectrum of light and color. Seen together, they evoke multiple shifts in barometric phenomena.
The atmospheric landscapes of J.W.M. Turner are a touchstone for this group of sculptures. Bai looks at Turner鈥檚 color palette and the tension in his works between illusionism and their materiality. The title of the show refers to the eruption of Mt. Tambora in the year 1816, which left high levels of volcanic ash in the atmosphere, creating spectacular sunsets around the world and setting the inspiration for Turner鈥檚 famous sunset paintings. Bai鈥檚 works, like Turner鈥檚, capture light鈥� rendering a continuum of hues in quartz and rock.
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