{"id":4909,"date":"2024-11-13T22:17:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2024-11-13T22:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:17:45","slug":"from-sfumato-to-ganzfelds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4909","title":{"rendered":"From Sfumato to Ganzfelds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-13-at-10.10.04-PM-400x290.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-13-at-10.10.04-PM-400x290.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-13-at-10.10.04-PM-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-13-at-10.10.04-PM.png 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Honarkar Foundation just published a <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/thehonarkarfoundation\/docs\/instant-pdf-p17564650?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ\">catalogue<\/a> for their current exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehonarkarfoundation.org\/exhibitions\/14-luminaries-of-light-pioneers-of-the-california-light-space-movement\/overview\/\">LUMINARIES OF LIGHT: PIONEERS OF CALIFORNIA LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT<\/a> curated by Genevieve Williams.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My essay \u201cFrom Sfumato to Ganzfelds\u201d argues that in order to remove the barriers between the art and its audiences, California Light and Space artists relied on the same four optical modes as the Renaissance painters. <em>Sfumato<\/em>, <em>chiaroscuro<\/em>, <em>unione<\/em>, and <em>cangiantismo<\/em> are all represented in the works of Peter Alexander, De Wain Valentine, James Turrell, Helen Pashgian, Doug Wheeler, Robert Irwin, and Larry Bell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The catalogue is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehonarkarfoundation.org\/publications\/5-luminaries-of-light-pioneers-of-the-california-light-space-movement\/\">preorder<\/a> on the Foundation website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honarkar Foundation just published a catalogue for their current exhibition LUMINARIES OF LIGHT: PIONEERS OF CALIFORNIA LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT curated by Genevieve Williams.\u00a0 My essay \u201cFrom Sfumato to Ganzfelds\u201d argues that in order to remove the barriers between the art and its audiences, California Light and Space artists relied on the same four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1156,1017,814],"tags":[225,1010,1216,1215,1211,1217,1210,1212,1213,1214],"class_list":["post-4909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-criticism-contemporary-art","category-catalogue-essay","category-contemporary-art","tag-art-history","tag-california-art","tag-cangiantismo","tag-chiaroscuro","tag-finish-fetish","tag-honarkar-foundation","tag-light-and-space","tag-renaissance-painting","tag-sfumato","tag-unione"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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