Doug Wheeler Invites a New Perspective in Light
Doug Wheeler's latest exhibition puts you IN a work of art while pushing the perception of light.
The most unique and surreal art viewing experience in New York right now is… an “empty room”. For decades, artist Doug Wheeler has been pushing the perception of light in meticulously controlled rooms. His latest work is on view at David Zwirner Gallery in New York through March 21st and must be seen (and entered) to be believed.
49 Nord 6 Est 68 Ven 12 FL, Installation view at David Zwirner, New York, 2020
Titled ?49 Nord 6 Est 68 Ven 12 FL,? visitors enter a completely white environment with a high-gloss floor that features a strange blank wall lit from a hidden source. From a distance, it feels like glowing rectangle of pure light. As you approach however, your focus dissolves and it feels like peering into an infinity of white. It’s as if there IS no wall at all. The effect is achieved because visitors are actually standing in a smaller room within a room, facing a larger lit wall that extends beyond a new floor, ceiling, and perfect walls. That larger lit wall is curved at its “corners” to give your eye no point of reference, with texture so smooth that it’s difficult to gauge distance ? is that wall one foot away or 10 feet" You are left only with perceiving the light itself.
49 Nord 6 Est 68 Ven 12 FL, Installation view at David Zwirner, New York, 2020
The gallery has provided some incredible images featured here, a...
The most unique and surreal art viewing experience in New York right now is… an “empty room”. For decades, artist Doug Wheeler has been pushing the perception of light in meticulously controlled rooms. His latest work is on view at David Zwirner Gallery in New York through March 21st and must be seen (and entered) to be believed.
49 Nord 6 Est 68 Ven 12 FL, Installation view at David Zwirner, New York, 2020
Titled ?49 Nord 6 Est 68 Ven 12 FL,? visitors enter a completely white environment with a high-gloss floor that features a strange blank wall lit from a hidden source. From a distance, it feels like glowing rectangle of pure light. As you approach however, your focus dissolves and it feels like peering into an infinity of white. It’s as if there IS no wall at all. The effect is achieved because visitors are actually standing in a smaller room within a room, facing a larger lit wall that extends beyond a new floor, ceiling, and perfect walls. That larger lit wall is curved at its “corners” to give your eye no point of reference, with texture so smooth that it’s difficult to gauge distance ? is that wall one foot away or 10 feet" You are left only with perceiving the light itself.
49 Nord 6 Est 68 Ven 12 FL, Installation view at David Zwirner, New York, 2020
The gallery has provided some incredible images featured here, a...
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