"Art making is a form of alchemy, in a way, because you are trying…to make gold from nothing. When it works very well is when you manage to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary."
"Lament of the Images (Version 1)," detail (2002)
"Lament of the Images (Version 1)," detail, 2002
Three illuminated texts mounted on Plexiglas, light screen. Text panels: Each 23 x 20 inches. Light wall: 6 x 12 feet. Text composed by David Levi-Strauss.
© Alfredo Jaar, courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York.
Three illuminated texts mounted on Plexiglas, light screen. Text panels: Each 23 x 20 inches. Light wall: 6 x 12 feet. Text composed by David Levi-Strauss.
© Alfredo Jaar, courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York.
"Light has a spiritual element. It’s also a very important healing tool. Our need for light is essential: no light, no life. And photography, too, is light (no light, no image). Light is life; everybody understands it."
- Alfredo Jaar
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