Sergio
Calderón
Stanley
Casselman
Vittorio
Corsini
United
Visual
Artists
Aaron
Koblin
(in
partnership
with
s[e]dition)
Window
Project:
Henry
Krokatsis
14th
September
–
28th
October
2012
Opening:
13th
September,
6
–
8pm
From
13th
September,
Gazelli
Art
House
will
unveil
its
latest
exhibition,
Let
There
Be
Light.
The
exhibition
will
focus
exclusively
on
artists
who
use
light
as
a
medium
to
create
sculpture
and
installations,
ranging
from
natural
light
that
streams
through
stained
glass
windows
to
the
use
of
neon
tubing.
The
phrase
‘Let
there
be
Light’
is
a
biblical
reference
from
Genesis
1:3
in
which
God
removes
darkness
from
the
earth.
For
centuries
it
has
been
a
motto
of
many
universities
and
schools
(advocating
the
dismissal
of
ignorance)
as
well
as
appearing
in
countless
texts
and
novels
as
an
appropriation
for
‘truth’.
This
exhibition,
however,
will
allow
viewers
to
leave
behind
any
historical
or
literary
associations
to
consider
purely
light
itself,
and
its
immediate
impact
on
our
time
and
the
space
around
us.
The
intent
is
not
to
strike
a
particular
chord
of
meaning
so
as
to
paradoxically
cage
the
interpretations
of
a
light
installation.
The
selected
artists
will
therefore
explore
the
abstract
relationships
between
light
and
colour
or
shadow
and
how
light
changes
when
filtered
through
various
materials,
encouraging
the
viewer
to
achieve
a
state
of
mental
free
fall.
Stanley
Casselman
reveals
the
tranquillity
in
the
subtle
change
of
coloured
streams
of
light.
Acrylic
on
polyester
fabric
adds
a
textured
surface
to
the
work
as
the
light
seeps
through
it,
capturing
the
viewer’s
attention
for
the
duration
of
the
cycle
and
beyond.
The
curiosity
in
understanding
our
surrounding
and
purpose
entrenched
in
the
artist’s
practice
is
evident
in
his
strive
to
capture
the
ethereal
in
a
lucid
form.
As
Casselman
states
“The
who,
what,
where,
why
and
how
questions
began
for
me
in
my
childhood.
Following
these
notions
has
put
me
on
a
path
embracing
limitless
thought
and
combined
with
the
deeply
cathartic
nature
of
the
creative
process
I’m
kept
questioning,
humbled
and
ever
striving
to
embrace
the
unknown
through
the
only
place
I
find
absolute
logic:
pure
abstraction”.
Vittorio
Corsini’s
Sul
finire
dell’occhio
(As
the
Eye
Comes
to
a
Close)
is
a
series
of
monochrome
paintings
absorbing
the
projected
scenery.
Challenging
the
persistence
of
our
memory
and
imagination,
all
traces
of
outlines
are
erased
as
the
persistent
glow
of
the
coloured
neon
on
the
side
adds
a
level
of
dilution
to
the
piece,
“breaking
dusk
into
dawn”.
“The
landscape
is
the
end
of
the
gaze.
It’s
where
the
gaze
goes
to
die."
United
Visual
Artists
are
an
art
and
design
practice
based
in
London.
UVA
produce
work
at
the
intersection
of
sculpture,
architecture,
live
performance,
moving
image
and
digital
installation.
For
Gazelli
Art
House,
UVA
will
present
a
new
work
entitled
Always/Never.
UVA’s
work
will
be
an
exploration
of
time
and
our
experience
of
it
passing.
By
using
projected
geometric
patterns
of
light
and
shade
like
a
more
complex
sundial,
the
work
will
aim
to
demonstrate
how
passing
units
of
time
are
somewhat
artificial
and
highly
relative.
The
viewer’s
perceptions
of
time
will
therefore
be
subtly
altered
by
a
different
system
of
time
measurement
to
what
they
have
previously
encountered.
Sergio
Calderón
works
as
a
designer,
art
director,
filmmaker
and
visual
artist
in
London.
Formerly
a
Director
at
HiReS!
where
he
worked
on
graphic
design
and
interactive
projects
for
clients
such
as
Chanel,
Issey
Miyake
and
Channel
4,
he
recently
set
up
his
own
company
where
he
focuses
on
creating
cinematic
and
installation
artworks.
He
recently
collaborated
with
Attila
Csihar
and
Stephen
O’Malley
by
designing
the
ethereal
background
video
that
was
used
for
their
live
performance
at
the
Pompidou
Centre,
Paris.
For
Gazelli
Art
House
Calderon
will
present
a
video
and
sound
projection
entitled
The
Story
of
You
and
Me
which
is
a
digital
exploration
of
light
and
colour.
The
Leaded
Light
by
Henry
Krokatsis
is
the
amalgamation
of
pieces
of
found
glass,
over
the
course
of
two
years,
joined
in
a
pattern
resembling
that
of
an
all-‐encompassing
sanctuary.
Each
piece
of
glass
dates
back
to
various
decades,
one
of
which
was
produced
early
20th
century
and
is
out
of
production
today.
The
only
work
in
the
exhibition,
which
plays
with
natural
light
Leaded
Light
filters
daylight
spreading
it
across
the
interior
of
the
gallery.
It
is
also
the
point
of
intersection
for
the
radiance
from
within
the
space
to
‘spill’
over
onto
the
streets
of
Mayfair
in
the
evenings.