~LUKE MURPHY, CHRISTINE WANG . . ‘SCREEN TIME’ / NIGHT GALLERY, LA
talking about . . LA /
our friend, LUKE MURPHY . . whose LED / ‘RESIST..EMPATHY NOW..DE-BUBBLE’ / digital, animated ‘Deli’ banner runs across the top of this page /
is in a timely & yet very ‘far-out’ show at the very au-currant . . & large space / Night Gallery.
timely in terms of content / far-out in terms of ultimate societal vision.
it’s the last week to catch the show in person / it’s up thru SAT MARCH 13,
but you can always, esp if you are a Luke Murphy fan in NYC, catch the work online, in the gallery’s well-lit (!!)
and well-photographed / digital . . Viewing Room.
‘LUKE MURPHY, CHRISTINE WANG . . SCREEN TIME’
JAN 30, 2020 – MARCH 13, 2021
NIGHT GALLERY
2276 E 16th St, LOS ANGELES, CA 90021
OPEN: TUES-SAT / 11am-6pm / contact gallery for appointment
PS: Luke Murphy lives & works in NY / while Christine Wang lives & works in San Francisco.
I’m thinking: lively conceptual / different media . . . match-up !!!!
game-on.
see: ‘SCREEN TIME’ – NIGHT GALLERY VIEWING ROOM
from the gallery website:
“NIGHT GALLERY is pleased to present ‘SCREEN TIME’, an exhibition of new work by LUKE MURPHY & CHRISTINE WANG. Both artists address the screen as a digital intermediary for experience. Though it’s trajectory began long ago, the screen’s total encroachment upon daily life reached new heights in 2020 becoming the primary tool of community engagement, creative exploration, and consumer activity in response to long-term shelter-in-place restrictions ..” (Covid)
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Lord Kelvin Column with 5 sides and 9 lights’, 2020.
steel studs, aluminum wire, wood, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
82 x 10 x 10 in.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Ladder Exchange’, 2020.
ladder, steel studs, aluminum wire, wood, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
96 x 30 x 40in.
note: the last time Luke exhibited this kind of neon / digital speeding traffic roadway / it ran along the floor. as if, it was waiting for a model train set, that never came !! seeing it vertical . . is a real shake-up / both in terms of visual effect & context / it seems in this show Luke is adding more ‘props’, and to . . much greater effect.
LUKE MURPHY, ‘Field Sign’, 2020.
discarded Xmas tree, steel studs, aluminum wire, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
91 x 35 x 9 in.
CHRISTINE WANG, ‘Volcano’, 2021.
oil on linen / 48 x 48 in.
well …. YES !!!!!!!!!
all photos above: courtesy NIGHT GALLERY
ARTLOVERS FLASHBACK: & not too long ago.
LUKE MURPHY . . .
arrives for the opening of ‘CUBED’ / a group show at THE HOLE, NYC, in which he had a most wonderful LED ‘cube’.
SEPT 10, 2020.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH