RADIANT: Group Show

In Scandinavia, what seems to be a fundamental interest in light (possibly generated from the relative rarity of it), has given birth to a prolific production of illuminated art and design works over the past hundred years. From the flickering particles of light in the paintings of Wilhelm Hammershøj, to Poul Henningsen’s patent-applied lamps, taming the crudity of the electrical bulb, to Olafur Eliasson’s immersive light installations based on sensorial color experience, light - and our perception of it - plays the starring role. This specific approach to light seems to be both poetically and scientifically (positivistically) rooted, and it is often related to nature. The exhibition, Radiant , at Galerie Maria Wettergren explores the theme of light in art and design through a juxtaposition of contemporary Scandinavian works by Astrid Krogh, Ane Lykke, Cecilie Bendixen, Ilkka Suppanen, Lotte Westphael, Germans Ermičs & Boris Berlin, Mikko Paakkanen, Grethe Sørensen & Bo Hovgaard with French experimental photographs by Alain Bachelard, Etienne Bertrand Weill and Rodolphe Proverbio from the 1960s to the 1990s.