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Particle and Wave
Campbell, DeFeo, Hawkinson, Lukas, Maggi, Conner, Derges, Donovan, Ehm, Fuss, Klotz, Marioni, McCaw, Outlaw, Tomasello, 6 February - 19 March 2016
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Particle and Wave: Campbell, DeFeo, Hawkinson, Lukas, Maggi, Conner, Derges, Donovan, Ehm, Fuss, Klotz, Marioni, McCaw, Outlaw, Tomasello

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Particle and Wave, Campbell, DeFeo, Hawkinson, Lukas, Maggi, Conner, Derges, Donovan, Ehm, Fuss, Klotz, Marioni, McCaw, Outlaw, Tomasello

“Particle and Wave” is a group exhibition of sculpture, photography and technological media in which artists explore the properties of light. Reflection, refraction and color theory are used as tools to examine human perception and to consider science and philosophy’s attempts to explain the universe.

 

For centuries, scientists have debated the nature of light. Does it behave like a particle, or does it behave like a wave? Current thinking holds that light exhibits properties of both particles andwaves. Although this explanation works well in the science of quantum mechanics, it falls short in terms of broader metaphysical questions concerning the essence of light.

 

Tim Hawkinson, one of the artists in this exhibition, says, “What artists do is ask questions without answers.” This exhibition addresses that equivocal examination. Included are works by Bruce Conner, Jim Campbell, Jay DeFeo, Susan Derges, Tara Donovan, Josef Ehm, Adam Fuss, Tim Hawkinson, Werner Klotz, Emil Lukas, Marco Maggi, Tom Marioni, Chris McCaw, Gay Outlaw, and Luis Tomasello.

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  • Black and white photograph whose edges have been blacked out to allow the remaining negative space to take the form of a body At the top of the piece two hands directly above and below each other appear to be glowing and pressing against the surface of the work from within
    Bruce Conner and Edmund Shea
    SOUND OF TWO HAND ANGEL, 1974
    gelatin silver print
    88 x 37 in
    223.5 x 94 cm
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  • ADAM FUSS Untitled, 2013 Cibachrome photogram 46 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches (framed)
    ADAM FUSS
    Untitled, 2013
    Cibachrome photogram
    46 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches (framed)
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  • ADAM FUSS Untitled (Sunflower), 1992 cibachrome photogram 10 x 8 in 25.4 x 20.3 cm
    ADAM FUSS
    Untitled (Sunflower), 1992
    cibachrome photogram
    10 x 8 in
    25.4 x 20.3 cm
  • Tara Donovan Untitled (Mylar), 2011 mylar and hot glue 46 1/2 x 37 x 39 1/2 inches
    Tara Donovan
    Untitled (Mylar), 2011
    mylar and hot glue
    46 1/2 x 37 x 39 1/2 inches
  • Josef Ehm Untitled, 1939 gelatin silver negative print 9 1/16 x 6 13/16 inches 19 x 15 inches framed
    Josef Ehm
    Untitled, 1939
    gelatin silver negative print
    9 1/16 x 6 13/16 inches
    19 x 15 inches framed
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  • Werner Klotz Cheval Syndrom, 1992 glass, mirror, magnifying mirror, blown glass pipes, metal 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches 20 x 16 x 24 cm
    Werner Klotz
    Cheval Syndrom, 1992
    glass, mirror, magnifying mirror, blown glass pipes, metal
    7 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
    20 x 16 x 24 cm
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  • Gay Outlaw Impermeable I, 2004 vinyl, cloth & thread 36 x 25 x 17 inches
    Gay Outlaw
    Impermeable I, 2004
    vinyl, cloth & thread
    36 x 25 x 17 inches
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  • Susan Derges The Streens Larch, 2002 unique ilfochrome print 66 7/8 x 24 1/8 inches 70 x 24 3/4 inches framed 170 x 61 cm
    Susan Derges
    The Streens Larch, 2002
    unique ilfochrome print
    66 7/8 x 24 1/8 inches
    70 x 24 3/4 inches framed
    170 x 61 cm
  • Layers of multi-colored threads strung across a rectangular wooden and plaster panel create the effect of a small glowing white center that is enclosed by a pink and red border
    Emil Lukas
    brew #1459, 2015
    thread over painted wood frame with nails
    30 x 24 x 3 1/2 inches/76.2 x 61 x 8.9 cm
  • Still image of a spread out grid of twenty five square pieces with multi-colored LEDs behind Plexiglass. The LEDs display pixelated scenes of runners from a marathon
    Jim Campbell
    Scattered 25x (Marathon), 2016
    25 panels. custom electronics, 900 LEDs, treated plexiglas
    99 1/2 x 99 1/2 x 3 inches/252.7 x 252.7 x 7.6 cm
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  • ADAM FUSS Untitled, 2015 Cibachrome photogram 65 1/8 x 47 inches (framed)
    ADAM FUSS
    Untitled, 2015
    Cibachrome photogram
    65 1/8 x 47 inches (framed)
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  • Chris McCaw Sunburned GSP#741 (Pacific Ocean), 2013 2 unique gelatin silver paper negatives 2 sheets, 10 x 8 inches each framed 13 5/16 x 19 1/2 inches
    Chris McCaw
    Sunburned GSP#741 (Pacific Ocean), 2013
    2 unique gelatin silver paper negatives
    2 sheets, 10 x 8 inches each
    framed 13 5/16 x 19 1/2 inches
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  • Josef Ehm Nude Sabatier Effect, 1946 / 1960s gelatin silver print 9 3/4 x 7 7/16 inches
    Josef Ehm
    Nude Sabatier Effect, 1946 / 1960s
    gelatin silver print
    9 3/4 x 7 7/16 inches
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  • Gay Outlaw Tear, 2007 glass, dyed vinyl, closed cell foam 5 x 65 x 43 inches
    Gay Outlaw
    Tear, 2007
    glass, dyed vinyl, closed cell foam
    5 x 65 x 43 inches
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  • Luis Tomasello Atmosphere Chromoplastique No. 472, 1979 acrylic on wood 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches
    Luis Tomasello
    Atmosphere Chromoplastique No. 472, 1979
    acrylic on wood
    23 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches
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  • Chris McCaw Heliograph #33, 2013 gelatin silver paper negative 20 x 8 inches framed 23 15/16 x 11 3/8 inches
    Chris McCaw
    Heliograph #33, 2013
    gelatin silver paper negative
    20 x 8 inches
    framed 23 15/16 x 11 3/8 inches
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  • Marco Maggi PLEXI LINE, 2013 X-Acto knife cuts on polycast plexiglass 32 x 62 in 81.3 x 157.5 cm
    Marco Maggi
    PLEXI LINE, 2013
    X-Acto knife cuts on polycast plexiglass
    32 x 62 in
    81.3 x 157.5 cm
  • Lotte Jacobi Photogenic, early 1950s palladium print 4 x 2 7/8 inches
    Lotte Jacobi
    Photogenic, early 1950s
    palladium print
    4 x 2 7/8 inches
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  • Still image of a rectangular piece with multi-colored LEDs behind angled Plexiglass that display scenes of people running To the right side the scene is burry due to the Plexi being farther away while at the left is it more pixelated due to the Plexiglass being closer
    Jim Campbell
    Slur Two, 2016
    custom electronics, 600 LEDs, treated plexiglas
    17 1/2 x 45 x 8 inches/44.5 x 114.3 x 20.3 cm
  • Printed paper of a purple and blue sunrise with faint thin clouds against aluminum foil
    Tim Hawkinson
    Sunrise, 2007
    paper and aluminum foil
    16 feet and 6 inches x 7 feet 3 1/2 inches
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  • "Particle and Wave," 2016, installation view

    Don’t Miss: “Particle and Wave” at Hosfelt Gallery

    Admin, SF Art Enthusiast, March 15, 2016

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