Light vs. Dark Exhibition Reception

On View: May 2–June 1, 2019
Reception: Thursday, May 16, 7–9 PM

Gallery 263 is pleased to announce our upcoming national exhibition, Light vs. Dark. This is the inaugural show of our new exhibition series, “vs.,” where each year’s theme integrates two contrasting ideas into one exhibition. Light vs. Dark features the work of twenty-six artists based in the United States—and is juried by Ruth Erickson, the Mannion Family Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Through paintings, embroidery, photographs, sculptures, monotype, and video, the artists explore the themes of light and dark visually or in the content of the work itself. In Still Life and Holy Ghost, Nicole Duennebier utilizes the old-master technique of chiaroscuro to execute a detailed still life oil painting inspired by natural phenomena. In Bed Jacket, using the show’s theme as a medium, Jeannie Nemeth takes a twentieth-century artifact—in this case, a bed jacket—and places it on photographic paper then exposes it to light. Rooke Hyde explores how shadows represent the relationship between the body and the imperfect representation of the self in Shadow Box.