Light Matter builds on the foundation laid by LACMA’s innovative collaboration between artists and industry in the late 60s and early 70s, which led unexpectedly to a significant new way seeing and thinking about the purpose of a work of art. Enter Light and Space in Southern California, where the emphasis shifted from looking at art as “object” to art as “experience”.

Artists in Light Matter continue to expand on this notion, often through experimenting with the possibilities of their materials, through research and innovation, to achieve heightened visual effects that engage the viewer in the wonder of the phenomenology of perception.

Light Matter includes work by Dawn Arrowsmith, Larry Bell, Casper Brindle, Shingo Francis, Jimi Gleason, Eric Johnson, Jay Mark Johnson, Peter Lodato, Andy Moses, Roland Reiss and several others yet to be confirmed. Works will encompass, painting, sculpture and installation.