Lux No. 2
Artist
Kathy Muehlemann
(American, born 1950)
Date1990
MediumOil on linen
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 16 inches (66.04 x 40.64 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation
Object numberF91-26
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryHorizons, The
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 27-April 28, 1991; The
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, June 25-September 1, 1991, unnumbered.
How do you define light?
Light: Electromagnetic radiation whose wavelengths range from 3,900 to 7,700 angstroms and that can be perceived by the unaided normal human eye. Light: The guiding spirit or divine presence in each person; spiritual awareness, illumination.
These two definitions-one physical, the other spiritual-are perfectly harmonized in this painting. Subtle vertical and horizontal axes intersect, dividing the canvas into four equal parts. Sixteen points of light are arranged in near symmetry and appear as reflections of one another. The effect is one of great peace. Light in the darkness. As above, so below.
With
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, by 1991;
Purchased from Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1991.
Purchased from Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1991.
Deborah
Emont Scott, Horizons (Kansas City:
The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, 1991), 2, (repro.).
Copyright© Kathy Muehlemann
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