Chris Levine / LIGHT
PUBLISHED January 30th, 2014 03:57 am | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am
Collectors Contemporary is proud to present the first-ever solo show in Singapore by the revolutionary artist Chris Levine. This dynamic and immersive exhibition explores the continuous elemental force that runs through Levine’s practice – LIGHT.
Chris Levine / LIGHT invites visitors into an unparalleled multi-sensory environment. The show brings together works in a range of media including light sculptures, lightboxes, photographic prints, holographic works and laser light installations. The exhibition focuses on the way in which the artist explores light to create new ways of seeing and experiencing the world.
Levine is one of the most in-demand contemporary artists working today. In 2004, Levine made history when he created Equanimity, the first ever 3-D holographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2012, Equanimity was featured on UK postage stamps and £100 commemorative bank notes to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. This celebrated image appeared on the cover of TIME magazine last year. Levine’s series of portraits of the Queen are now so iconic that they have come to define a generation.
Levine is at the forefront of contemporary popular culture: working with respected figures from the worlds of fashion, music and art. In 2008 he collaborated with the British electronic group Massive Attack at Glastonbury Music Festival, using laser projected through oscillating prisms, and LEDs directed at the viewer’s peripheral vision. In 2012, Levine worked with Antony Hegarty to create Swanlights an ethereal performance combining music and light, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Hegarty performed with the 60 piece New York Symphony Orchestra while Levine produced an experimental laser light installation projected onto a crystalline sculpture. Swanlights has now been performed to critical acclaim at Radio City Music Hall, Melbourne Festival and The Royal Opera House in London.
Chris Levine / LIGHT showcases important pieces featuring icons of the 21st Century. The series, Stillness at the Speed of Light, powerfully captures Levine’s creative collaboration with Grace Jones. Most recently the artist worked with Kate Moss to create She’s Light, a new body of work representing the world’s most famous supermodel. The artist has worked with world-renowned organisations such as Cartier, Swarovski, Asprey and Tom Ford.
Levine’s work combines progressive technology and artistry in a distinctive visual language that is both poetic and ultramodern. His significance to the contemporary moment cannot be overstated.
