Night Light
We all find comfort in the glow of light in the darkness, illuminating what is otherwise not visible. Night Light brings together the works of five artists who manipulate light and shadow to capture, reveal and re-interpret patterns and behaviors found in nature that often go unnoticed until made to be seen. The overly familiar, like the rhythm of the seasons, and the frightening unknown, like nocturnal creatures, are brought into focus here to encourage a renewed sense of appreciation.
Often kinetic and employing innovative technologies, the works all aim to inspire the feeling of wonder that we experience when immersed in nature itself. Sharing a reverence toward nature’s complexity and its power, its subtleties and its grandeur, the artists in Night Light seek scientific truths about our world to better bring out its sublime qualities.
Featured artists: DRIFT, Simon Heijdens, Joanie Lemercier, Quayola and Michal Rovner.
Presented by the Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center in partnership with Superblue.
Image credits:
Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © the Artists. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.
Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © the Artists. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.
Simon Heijdens, Lightweeds, 2005 - ongoing. Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © Simon Heijdens. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.
DRIFT, Flylight, 2009. Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © DRIFT. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.
Joanie Lemercier, Montagne, Cent Quatorze Mille Polygones, 2017. Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © Studio Joanie Lemercier. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.
Quayola, Remains #C 022, 2018. Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © Quayola. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.
Michal Rovner, Black Forest, 2016. Installation view of ‘’Night Light’’, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, October 31, 2021 – May 15, 2022. © Michal Rovner. Courtesy of Superblue and The Torggler. Photo: Virginia Hamrick.