MCA NEW EXHIBITION: LIGHT SHOW 16 April – 5 July 2015

Anthony McCall, You and I Horizontal

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney Australia is delighted to present Light Show, a major survey exhibition exploring the phenomenal aspects of light and its versatility as a sculptural medium. 

With almost 20 installations and sculptures by international artists from the 1960s to the present,

Light Show brings to Sydney some of the most visually stimulating artworks seen in recent years, with installations re-created specially for the exhibition.

The earliest works in Light Show were created in the early 1960s at a time when new alliances were being forged within art, science, technology and industry. During this period, artists around the world were investigating light and its power to transform space and to influence perception.

The record-breaking exhibition opens to the public on Thursday, 16 April 2015, following a sold-out showing at Hayward Gallery, London, and record attendances at Auckland Art Gallery.

MCA Director, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE said, ‘Light Show offers an extraordinary audience experience. There are works that bathe visitors in changing light or immerse them in environments that play with perception. Some invite interaction, others pulse and flicker in hypnotic ways. We are delighted to be presenting such an array of ground-breaking works by some of the most significant artists of recent decades to Australian audiences.’

Exhibition highlights include the pioneering minimalist sculptures of American Dan Flavin, composed of off-the-shelf fluorescent tubes, French artist François Morellet’s work in neon and David Batchelor’s use of bright, industrially-produced colour. It also features immersive environmental installations by Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, James Turrell, Anthony McCall, and Ann Veronica Janssens, among others.

Carlos Cruz-Diez 

Chromosaturation

Standard single admission to Light Show is $20 Adults, $15 Concessions, $50 Family, $10 Youth (ages 13 and above), and admission for younger children is FREE (ages 0–12). Early-bird specials are available online until February 28, offering a 20% saving across all ticket types.

Entry to the Gallery’s collection-based exhibitions, including Luminous, remains FREE.

For more information and tickets, please visit www.mca.com.au.