Produced by the same Chicago gallery that brought you the Neon and Light Museum, introducing:
SMALL NEON
OPENED SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 AT KEN SAUNDERS GALLERY
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THE NEON AND LIGHT MUSEUM ALLOWED GUESTS TO STAND IN, UNDER, AND AROUND SIXTY NEON AND LIGHT-BASED SCULPTURES IN A DAZZLING AND DRAMATIC IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION. WE BATHED IN THE LIGHT.
Neon is adored for its sexy, kicky, and bright red/orange glow when contained in a glass tube and shot with a charge of electricity.
Neon defined a retro era when the automobile was broadening Americans’ horizons and the highways and boulevards of America’s cities were filled with bright and often flashing illuminated messages: snappy, happy, hopeful, warm and fuzzy come-ons to a better future. With epically colorful vibes, this immersive exhibition features breathtaking sculptures and interactive light shows both kitschy and nostalgic, ironic and literal. Quite simply: It’s lit!
SOFT COLORS CREATING POSITIVE VIBRATIONS WITH AN ELECTRIC BUZZ—A DIZZYING KALEIDOSCOPIC SPECTACLE.
Today artists are bending glass into weird and wild shapes, both timeless and time-warped. The eighteen artists displayed at the Neon and Light Musem are part of a new wave that is transforming neon and light in exciting and unexpected ways.
Highlights included John Bannon’s Breathe, a 14-foot-tall perspective-based neon sculpture whereby when seen from the west, an image of a mature woman smelling a rose appears, while the view from the north reveals an image of a young girl blowing the seeds of a dandelion; Jason Pickleman’s pop-art line works; feminist neon artist Zoelle Nagib; internationally renowned British artist Sarah Blood; and neon master bender Jacob Fishman.
“NEON AND LIGHT MUSEUM
ELECTRIFIES AUDIENCES.”
