Mary Weatherford
Forest, Ruby Light, 2023
Flashe on linen
53.4 x 45.7 cm
21 x 18 inches
21 x 18 inches
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Neon functions as an indicator of the built environment in Mary Weatherford’s works. It represents the purity of color and the shocking reality of light that cannot be fully recreated...
Neon functions as an indicator of the built environment in Mary Weatherford’s works. It represents the purity of color and the shocking reality of light that cannot be fully recreated in paint.
“You’re putting the neon on your canvases, so the actual light can live with the light you created.”
— Laura Hoptman, Executive Director, The Drawing Center
“You’re putting the neon on your canvases, so the actual light can live with the light you created.”
— Laura Hoptman, Executive Director, The Drawing Center
Exhibitions
Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, Drink the Wild Air, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2023