Art and Light Illuminate space - (SHOM)

Artists have been known to use very non-traditional mediums to create art (what does non-traditional mean).  Remember medium or media are the materials artist use to make their work like paint, markers, beads, paper, yarn, cardboard or clay. Today we are going to focus on how some artists use light to create some pretty spectacular art.

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Light artists use light and color to illuminate (-light up) spaces or alter the way we view the world.

Olafur Eliasson

Iván Navarro

(Yelena Filipchuk and Serge Beaulieu) HYBYCOZO-Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, is a series of large scale installations and artworks that investigate geometric exploration through light, shadow, and perception.s 

These artists consider how light shines through colors and reflects in a space as well as how the light will alter our perception of the space. 

Leo Villareal

Let's look at some artists that are known for creating with light.

James Turrell is an American artist primarily concerned with light and space.

Turrell’s medium is pure light. He says, “My work has no object, no image and no focus. With no object, no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking. What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought.”

American artist Soo Sunny Park explores light and its impact on physical space and architectural design. Each shape reflects and refracts the natural and artificial lighting, making sure the room and art never appear the same way twice.

Spencer Finch is probably best known for his electric-light installations that mimic the quality of natural light.

Spencer Finch works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, and installation but is known for his light-based installations, artworks that often recreate the experience of natural light phenomena like the colors of light in the Milky Way, shadows from clouds at a particular time of day.

As you watch what is the purpose of Monet's pond?  What inspired the art in the video?

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist who is sometimes called ‘the princess of polka dots'. 

Although she makes lots of different types of art – paintings, sculptures, performances and installations – they have one thing in common, DOTS!

She also creates environments of dots.  She calls these rooms her 'Infinity Rooms', and creates them by installing hundreds of flashing coloured LED lights into mirrored rooms. 

The pinpricks of light in the dark room reflect endlessly in the mirrors, making you feel like you are in an apparently endless space. The dots surround and engulf you…it's very hard to tell where you end and where the rest of the room begins!

How accurately can we remember the exact color of something?
Will you consider light when you make your work?

Artists transform how we see the world.
I have many colors of plastic cellophane if this will help you express an idea.
Think about if your work will be transparent or translucent.    


resources:
https://worleygig.com/tag/unwoven-light-series/
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-yayoi-kusama
Grace Hulse