Light From Shadow: The Legacy of Chiaroscuro in Spatial Imaging.
22 October – 29 November 2003
Five holograms by Andrew Pepper, which make up the Drawing Series, were on show in the exhibition, curated by Paula Dawson and John Gage.
The exhibition included works by Rembrandt, Goya, Tiepolo, and Piranesi, as well as several artists working with holography.
The Drawing Series was produced at the Museum of Holography, New York, Artist-in-Residence Program, and submitted as part of Pepper’s PhD at the University of Reading, UK.
In the introduction to the exhibition John Gage wrote:
LIGHT FROM SHADOW
Shadow is of the nature of darkness; reflected light (lume) is of the nature of the light source (luce); one conceals and the other reveals. They are always associated and inseparable from all objects. But shadow is a more powerful agent than light, for it can impede and entirely deprive bodies of their light, while light can never entirely expel shadow from a body, that is, from an opaque body.” LEONARDO DA VINCI
In this exhibition we examine the paradox that, although holograms are made entirely by the action of wave- fronts of light, they convey the same impression of shade as well as light that we perceive in the natural world.
Exhibition Reference
Date: 22 October – 29 November 2003
Title: Light From Shadow: The Legacy of Chiaroscuro in Spatial Imaging
Location: Ivan Dougherty Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Notes: Curated by Paula Dawson and John Gage
