Light Art from Artificial Light

June 11, 2007 at 2:13 pm (Uncategorized)

During this one year research, I have reviewed many contemporary artists’ works which are more or less relevant to my project. The list includes not only the artists who engaged in light refection, but also those who did installation, film, sculpture or fine arts. For these contemporary artists, almost every one of them works in various art areas which make their works more rich and colourful. For example, Len Lye combines light and kinetic sculpture to create a playful light fountain. Similarly, Erwin Redl, Dan Flavin, Stephen Antonakos, Robert Irwin, Robert Thurmer, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Vito Acconci, Jonathan Borowsky, Olafur Eliasson, Bruce Nauman, Tracey and James Turrell, whose materials are artificial light (such as LED, light bulbs, fluorescent light floodlights and neon light), create autonomous, luminous sculptural objects, room size installations or even luminous landscape. Furthermore, some work groups such as ZERO, GRAV, Gruppo T and Gruppo N deal with light in immersive and interactive, even virtual environments. These artists’ works inspired and encouraged me to explore the new concepts and applications of light, not only the colour, the movement, the relation with objects, but also the developing of new definition of light.