Illuminated

27 Oct 2012-3 Feb 2013

Overview

Illuminated is an exhibition that includes artists who incorporate sculptural, photographic, and metaphorical light in their work, often using scientific methodologies and influences, as well as artists who produce work that is in some way transformative, or suggests a change in either an object or within the human spirit or psyche. The exhibition references and is influenced by scientific advancement as it was in the mid to late 18th Century, specifically linking to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby, and in particular to his painting The Alchymist (1771). Other key references include the Enlightenment and what this period meant to the city of Derby and the Midlands. Artists: AVPD, David Batchelor, Gunda Förster, Tristan Hessing, Torsten Lauschmann, Katie Paterson, Semiconductor, David Ward, and Joseph Wright of Derby.