Just when I thought, that if I saw another light graffiti-esque photograph, I might just prod my own eyes out with rusty nails, and rub lemons into the gaping wounds – I’m introduced to the work of American artist Barry Underwood, who captures ethereal images of his own full-scale lighting installations. It’s light graffiti Jim, but not as we know it.
Inspired by cinema and contemporary art, Underwood constructs installations that can sometimes take days, even weeks to build – before photographing them at night. The results are mysterious visions of a place or time that may or may not be, intangible illusions of another world that exists in parallel to ours.
They’re contemplative and intriguing, and – having been working on photographing new installations on the site of a new building at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (opening in October) as part of a forthcoming exhibition there – I for one cannot wait to see more…
Rodeo Beach, 2009, 37.5”x50”,
Archival Pigment Print
Parade Field, 2009, 37.5”x50”,
Archival Pigment Print
Blue Line, 2010, 39.5”x50”,
Archival Pigment Print
Orange 2007, 36”x36”,
Archival Pigment Print
Ferns (for Francesca) 2011, 40”x50”,
Archival Pigment Print
Bleu 2007, 36”x36”,
Archival Pigment Print
Headlands II 2009, 39.5”x50”,
Archival Pigment Print
Brush Brook 2011, 40”x50”,
Archival Pigment Print
