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AO On Site – New York: Iran do Espírito Santo ‘Switch’ at Sean Kelly Gallery through April 28, 2012

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012


Iran do Espírito Santo, Untitled (Folded Mirror 13) (2011). All photos on site for Art Observed by Perrin Lathrop.

Three new bodies of work comprising Brazilian artist Iran do Espírito Santo’s Switch on view now at Sean Kelly Gallery continue the artist’s investigation into connections between light, form, and space. Espírito Santo has expressed his interest in exploring “the duality we live in; between the concrete world and that of ideas. It’s an existential human condition; the artworks are a way of negotiating this, a need to deal with immateriality.” Gallery goers may witness three very different series, each exploring light’s interaction with the perception of space.

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