August 24 - September 21, 2024
Photographer Arthur Drooker with his series Twilight and holography master August Muth with a new body of work explore the liminal space where art and nature unite with science and technology to capture the beauty of light and color.
Arthur Drooker, Twilight, October 9, 2020, 6:53pm, archival pigment print, 40 x 30 in.
August Muth will present a new body of work. His color field abstractions consist of geometric forms stretching beyond the bounds of the archival glass surface moving in space with the viewer. Viewers respond to the refracted light depending on their position in relation to the hologram. The hologram responds to the ambient and projected light in the exhibition space, creating a dynamic and ever-changing experience.
Arthur Drooker's series Twilight refers not only to the soft glowing light in the sky when the sun slips below the horizon but also to a period of ambiguity or gradual decline.
"A gifted chronicler of natural events, Arthur Drooker, had the patience to observe the skies on the coast of Northern California for four years and document the changing colors consistently and faithfully. He developed a special technique that lets go of sharp focus and emphasizes the ever-changing layers of color exclusively on their own terms," writes Gerhard Clausing, PhotoBook Journal Editor.
August Muth, Ingress, 2023, holographic light etchings laminated in archival glass,
21 x 11.5 in.
August Muth is a pioneer in the exploration of light and color through holography. With a background in art, astronomy, and physics, Muth looks at his holographic etchings as making perceptible light-space-time phenomena. He lives in Santa Fe and works in a network of connected studios filled with old and new technology needed to create his boundary-pushing holograms, from crafted light-sensitive emulsions to high-end lasers. Muth's holographic work is exhibited internationally and is in many private and public collections.
Arthur Drooker is the author and photographer of American Ruins (Merrell, 2007), Lost Worlds: Ruins of the Americas (ACC, 2011), Pie Town Revisited (UNM Press, 2015), Conventional Wisdom (Glitterati, 2016), City Hall (Schiffer, 2021), and Twilight (2023). His work has been the subject of a feature story on CBS Sunday Morning and has been exhibited widely, including shows at the Virginia Center for Architecture and the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C.
Signed copies of his book documenting the 'Twilight' series will be available for purchase during the exhibition.
Arthur Drooker, Twilight, February 18, 2023, 6:11pm, archival pigment print, 40 x 30 in.
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