Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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What is a Light Object?

What is a Light Object?

Can be a sculpture or a light installation that uses natural and urban environment, suspended, relief, ground based, permanent or temporary. Two distinct types of light exist, one exhibited in gallery indoors and the light art that is exhibited outdoors. Light art has been applied throughout the human history.

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Conceptual art

Sometimes referred to as Conceptualism. It is an art where idea(s) or concept(s) included in the work come before material concerns and traditional aesthetic. Many of these conceptual artworks can be constructed by any person by simply following instructions written. The concept or idea is the most fundamental aspect of artwork.

Photography

Photography is the process of creating an image on light sensitive materials. The image is produced by using a camera, which has a lens that focuses on light either reflected or emitted from an object. These visible wavelengths are used to reproduce the image seen.

Colour Field Painting

Colour field painting is an abstract style which features large areas of a single color. The first use of the term described the work of three abstract expressionist American painters, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still in the 1950s.

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