Light and Atmosphere
April 23 –September 19, 2004
Plaza Level Gallery

This exhibition examines the diverse ways artists use light—and the atmosphere it evokes—to explore the physical, psychological and metaphorical possibilities of their chosen subjects. Light and Atmosphere's thirty-two works, mostly by living artists, are drawn from MAM's permanent holdings and from private collections. They include painting, photography, video, drawing, watercolor, and sculpture, all produced during the past twenty-five years, with the exception of Russian avant-garde artist Ivan Kliun’s Composition from 1922.

Recent museum acquisitions on view are Teresita Fernández's Eclipse (2002), a tesserated wall piece made from colored acrylic cubes; and Sean Scully's painting Wall of Light Rain (2003) from a series inspired by the artist's visit to Mexico. Three site-specific installations were produced for the exhibition by Ivan Toth Depeña and Mark A. Koven from Miami, and Magdalena Fernández from Caracas, Venezuela. In conjunction with the exhibition, MAM featured its recent acquisition Full to Wailing and Back Again, a large-scale outdoor light projection of the phases of the moon by Miami-based artist Wendy Wischer.

• press release
• gallery notes

Eclipse 2002

Organized by Miami Art Museum and curated by Cheryl Hartup, associate curator. Supported by Miami Art Museum’s Annual Exhibition Fund.