Press release -
Julio Le Parc / Lumière
In dialogue with contemporary immersive digital art, Julio Le Parc's ground breaking work from the 1960s has found new currency and his kinetic works are shown in exhibitions around the world. The exhibition that opens at Bildmuseet on Sunday 22 November – Le Parc's first solo exhibition in Scandinavia – focuses on one of the most important aspects of his work: his fascination with changing light.
On Sunday 22 November at 14:00 Bildmuseet opens the house to three new exhibitions. One of them is Julio Le Parc's exhibition titled Lumiére. The artists’ large scale light installations fill two full floors.
Welcome to the press preview on Thursday, November 19 at 10:00. Several of the artists involved in the new exhibitions will be present. Julio Le Parc will attend the opening on Sunday.
Julio Le Parc experiments with the spectator's experience of art and its enviroment. Using simple reflective materials he creates large spectacular and playful light installations. Light is set in motion using lenses and built-in motors. The works in the exhibition are mainly from the 1960s.
Julio Le Parc (f. 1928) is originally from Argentina but has been working in France since the 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV), a group of artists who delved into ideas about intraction and staged engaging events on the streets and in the city squares of Paris in the 1960s. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Scandinavia.
The exhibition was produced by Bildmuseet and curated by Cecilia Andersson, Hans-Michael Herzog and Käthe Walser. It’s on view until 17 april 2016. Thanks to Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich and artEDU Stiftung.
Read the press releases about Nisrine Boukhari / Wanderism is a State of Mind and The World was Flat which also opens on Sunday 22 November.
Image above:
Julio Le Parc, Continuel-lumière avec formes en contorsions, 1966/1996
Courtesy of the artist. © BUS/Pro Litteris
For additional information about the exhibition, please contact
Cecilia Andersson, curator Bildmuseet
072-2238671 or cecilia.andersson@bildmuseet.umu.se
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Bildmuseet exhibits contemporary international art, photography, architecture, design and other forms of visual culture, along with art historical retrospectives. Existential, political and philosophical issues are key to the programme. Last year the kunsthalle received a Special Commendation from the European Museum of the Year jury last year, and was one of the top candidates for the Swedish Museum of the Year Award as well as for the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Bildmuseet is a part of Umeå University, housed in an acclaimed building at the Umeå Arts Campus by the shores of the Umeälven river.
Umeå University is one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher learning with over 32,000 students and 4,200 employees.
