Michael Light: 100 SUNS
Between 1945 and 1992 the United States detonated 1,149 nuclear test explosions. Until 1962 the tests were conducted in the atmosphere and oceans. 106 of the 216 above-ground blasts were exploded 63 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada. The remaining were detonated at the Enewetak or Bikini Atolls in the Pacific Ocean. The immediate and lasting consequences of these tests were unforeseen.
Hosfelt Gallery is pleased to be the first venue to present San Francisco artist Michael Light’s mixed media installation 100 SUNS. At the heart of this exhibition are 100 photographs culled by Michael Light from the U.S. National Archives and the records of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The re-photographed images depict above-ground tests at or shortly after the moment of explosion.
Utilizing the found photographs along with text and photographic imagery shot by Light, the installation raises palpable issues about “weapons of mass destruction” in the hands of any nation. 100 SUNS, a book published by Alfred A. Knopf, will be released simultaneous to the exhibition.
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 003 HARRY, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass14 x 11 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 004 HORNET, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches
50.8 x 40.64 cms -
Michael Light100 SUNS: 005 HOW, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches
50.8 x 40.64 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 012 STOKES, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass14 x 11 inches
35.56 x 27.94 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 013 STOKES, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass16 x 20 inches
40.64 x 50.8 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 019 SIMON, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass16 x 20 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 015 SUGAR, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 023, 024 SMOKY (diptych), 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass28 x 19 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 028 HOOD, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass16 x 20 inches
40.64 x 50.8 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 030 TURK, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 080 BLUESTONE, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass11 x 14 inches
27.94 x 35.56 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 060 SEMINOLE, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass11 x 14 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 051 X-RAY, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches/50.8 x 40.64 cm
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 091 APACHE, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass24 x 30 inches
60.96 x 76.2 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 081 TRUCKEE, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 24 inches
50.8 x 60.96 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 054 ERIE, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass16 x 20 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 059 BAKER, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 24 inches
50.8 x 60.96 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 053 GEORGE, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches/50.8 x 40.64 cms
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 058 BAKER, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 20 inches
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 039 DOG, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass24 x 30 inches
60.96 x 76.2 cms -
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Michael Light100 SUNS: 020 FIZEAU, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass16 x 20 inches
40.64 x 50.8 cms -
Michael Light100 SUNS: 028 HOOD, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass16 x 20 inches
40.64 x 50.8 cms -
Michael Light100 SUNS: 045 STOKES, 2003pigment print mounted on aluminum, framed with non-reflective glass20 x 16 inches
50.8 x 40.64 cms -
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