Artists: Ruth Pastine - Heather Hutchison

Heather Hutchison’s works are notable for incorporating ambient light as a primary material. Sharing similar concerns with Light and Space artists and having spent decades observing and contemplating nature, Hutchison’s works capture the essence of the phenomena of light and how it shifts in natural environments.

Daylight is an integral, animating element in Hutchison’s work. The materials appear at times constructed and solid, transparent and intangible, or actively kinetic depending on the angle of the light, the shadows on and around the work, and the movement or position of the viewer. This intrinsic and constant state of change challenges ideas of objectivity and perception before a work of art.

Ruth Pastine is best known for her minimalist color field paintings and multi-panel installations that extend the sensibilities of the 1960s Southern California Light and Space movement. For more than forty years, Pastine has pursued a phenomenological investigation of visual perception, which she explores through the materiality of paint and the elusive and relative qualities of color, radiance, and depth. Her luminous canvases engage her philosophical interests in the sublime, allowing for direct experience and heightened perception through resonant color relationships.