Helen Pashgian: Presences Exhibition

SITE Santa Fe was awarded a grant for the inclusion of the central work Untitled (2012-2013) in the Helen Pashgian: Presences exhibition. Untitled (2012-2013) is a large-scale site-specific sculptural installation which debuted at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2014. Filling a vast darkened gallery, the illuminated columns offer an immersive experience as a meticulously crafted lighting and dimming cycle subtly shifts and reveals the forms that lie within each column. 

Helen Pashgian: Presences celebrated Pashgian’s contributions to the Light and Space movement and her technical prowess as an innovator in her medium of industrial plastics. Using cast resin to examine light in solid form, Pashgian creates sculpture and immersive installations that explore illusion, perception and light.

This first-of-its-kind exhibition in New Mexico surveyed this trailblazing artist’s five-decade career. Centered on her critically acclaimed large-scale sculptural installation, Untitled (2012-13), which premiered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2014, the exhibition featured a thoughtful gathering of spheres, lenses and rare wall hangings. Activated by movement, these luminous works subtly shift as the viewers move around and through them.