Gravity of Light at BMoCA
The Gravity of Light, on view at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), features seven artists who use light as a key element in their work: Sami Al Karim, Bill Armstrong, Alyson Denny, Chuck Kelton, Anne Lindberg, Elizabeth Mead, and Gelah Penn. The media include photography, cameraless chemograms, video, drawing, and site-responsive installation, and several works were created specifically for the show. New York-based artist Kate Petley curated the exhibition; her own work combines photography and painting, which shaped her interest in light. Here, Petley discusses how the exhibition came together, the idea behind it, how the works sit together across the museum’s three spaces, and what she hopes light can offer viewers right now.