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Light it Up
ERIC BAUM
MICHAEL DE LIA
LISA NANNI
LARS WESTVIND
MAYA ALBA
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On Saturday February 21st, 1998
the WAH Center opened a new exhibit entitled "LIGHT
IT UP!"
The artists in the show are MAYA ALBA, ERIC BAUM,
MICHAEL DE LIA, LISA NANNI, SATOSHI NII, LIZ QUISGARD,
LARS WESTVIND.
Satoshi Nii, one of the artists in the show says,
" Since the world is too dark sometimes, we should
lighten it up!" That is just what Mr. Nii has
done during his 87 years with his humorous editorials
in the Japan Times and for more than 25 years making "one
of it's kind" lamps. Many of his lamps are made from
bottles which contained "spirits" which gave
good cheer to those who imbibed.
In the beginning God looked upion the void and said "LET
THERE BE LIGHT." Thus, being and light are equivalent.
Our science also tells us that under certain conditions
matter and light are equivalent. Light is matter in motion.
As material beings, one could say that we are God's creatures
of light ( at least when we are doing good things). In
our human domain, the colors of the spectrum have great
connotative significance. Blue represents healing, green
represents life, etc. Black, the absence of light represents
evil or sinister things. Infra-red light warms the Earth
and life prospers. Light interacts with carbon dioxide
and water in the presence of chlorophyll to produce the
oxygen and sugars the animals need to live. Light equals
life, creation, beauty. The mysteries of light are abundant.
At the speed of light even time stops.
The exhibit "LIGHT IT UP!" shows how
some artists use light to make us more consciously aware
of it's aspects and qualities. The show does not intend
to answer questions about the nature of light, rather
it invites the observer to ask the phisophical and spiritual
questions which elevate our appreciation of the light
which is our world.
OPENING RECEPTION FEBRUARY 21ST 4-6 P.M. Show runs
through March 22nd, 1998
Gallery hours: Saturday & Sunday 12-6 P.M. or by
appointment
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