BIRMINGHAM, AL (PNAN) – Closing on Sunday, January 29, 2023, “Light Play” is an exhibition drawn from the permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art Museum that shows the influence and use of light in art.
Artists in this show examine the many meanings of ‘light’ and ‘play’ through medium, expression, meaning and form, together the contemporary artists and works explore the manipulation, effects and emotions of light, including the double meaning of the word ‘light,’ by featuring works that are lively or humorous in subject matter.
Some more than thirty works by artists like, Afruz Amighi, Kumi Yamashita and Harry Anderson, incorporate light and shadows as a part of their process. Artists also like Ebony G. Patterson, Erin LeAnn Mitchell, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Kerry James Marshall and Jeff Donaldson use the opulent effects of light interacting with shine and glitter to bring viewers closer into a more serious dialogue.
Additionally, prints from the series “walk, in the direction you goin’ in” by Debra Riffe tell a powerful story using silhouette forms. The photographs of Chester Higgins, Abelardo Morell, and Anderson & Low capture both the light and playfulness of their processes.
For other current exhibitions on view, Expanding Darshan: Manjari Shrma, To See and Be Seen through January 15, 2023; Handj-Held: The Four Seasons in Chinese Painting through March 5, 2023; Ways of Seeing through May 21, 2023; and Wall to Wall: Rico Gatson through July 2023; see www.artsbma.org.