SARAH CHARLESWORTH

Light, in both a physical and metaphysical sense, is at the center of this new body of work from Sarah Charlesworth. Making use of a crystal ball, an assortment of prisms, and other optical instruments, Charlesworth engages the play of light from her studio window as it reflects and refracts to conjure a mysterious animated presence.

In her most recent series, Work in Progress, Charlesworth collapses the distinction between the photograph and the tools employed in its creation. Light filtered through colored transparent paper becomes at once the subject and the medium as it highlights the artist’s camera and working materials. Each image discloses its own process as it celebrates the act of making.