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January 6th – 31st

The Persistence of Shadows: The Language of Light

Light and shadow are inseparable companions. One gives form to the other, each insisting on its presence through contrast. Where light emerges, shadow lingers; where darkness falls, light becomes sharper, more profound. This exhibition brings together works that dwell in that interplay not as opposites, but as partners in the shaping of perception.

 

The persistence of shadows reminds us that absence is never empty, that what is concealed still exerts a force upon what is seen. Shadows carry memory, residue, and weight, following form even as it moves beyond reach. At the same time, light speaks its own language: illumination, revelation, the unveiling of surface and texture. It is light that allows the world to be read, but it is shadow that allows it to be felt.

The works gathered here invite us to consider how form emerges between these poles, how brilliance and obscurity are both necessary to vision. Some pieces shimmer in luminous hues, others retreat into darkness, yet all are held in the tension of visibility and concealment. Together they form a meditation on perception itself  on how every gesture, every mark, every surface carries both radiance and its echo.

 

In this conversation of contrasts, we are reminded that art does not choose between light and shadow. It speaks in both tongues, translating silence into form, memory into presence, and mystery into revelation.

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