WHITElight: absence.emergence.possibility
White light is the combination of all wavelengths of light and appears to the human eye as the colour white.
Submission Period: Sept 26th to Oct 24 (results Oct 27)
Opening Gala: November 8, 2-4 pm
Exhibition Dates: November 7 to December 21
Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 – 4 pm
Curatorial Team: Memet Burnett
Juror: Kevin Kelliher
Workshop: Playing Abstractly.
The WHITElight show invited artists to put the colour white under the light. To look at white not only as an inclusive space on the colour spectrum, but also as a metaphor, material, and mood. We looked for works that revealed through restraint, found beauty in simplicity, truth in minimalism, and hope in brightness. We found artworks that spoke in whispers rather than shouts, artworks that evoked:
Beginnings. Absence. Calm. Quiet. Innocence. Perfection. Simplicity. Ease. Emergence. Restoration. Tranquility. Otherworldliness. Clarity. Stillness. Reflection. Possibility. Cleanliness. Antisepsis. Sparseness. Coldness. Emptiness. Aging. Endings.
We asked artists to probe the paradox of white: its ability to both conceal and reveal, its associations with both life and sterility, birth and erasure, light and death, calm and chaos. The WHITElight show is be a meditation on what lies veiled beneath the surface—and the blank slate of what is yet to come. Join us as we immerse ourselves in a world stripped to essentials in this season of excess.