Luminous Matter

Luminous Matter is an exhibition that examines the interdependent and generative relationship between three elemental constituents of visual experience: color, light, and form. Each, in isolation, holds an autonomous aesthetic and conceptual presence; yet, in their convergence, they produce the perceptual and emotional conditions through which we apprehend the world. This exhibition proposes that the meeting point of these three tropes — their overlaps, tensions, and dissolutions — can offer a renewed lens through which to consider the nature of perception itself. This exhibition includes an international roster of artists and was curated with the assistance of artistic duo Luftwerk (Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero). In the Salon space, Chicago-based artist Yuge Zhou shows a dual channel video of two recordings of the setting and rising of the sun from opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean reflecting one another.