Using various techniques to create refractions and reflections of light through perspex and liquid, Madeleine Challender addresses notions of systems, structures and processes active in the world, our minds and the universe. This work engages ideas developed through Challender's ongoing investigation of the dynamics of light and the scientific and philosophical nature of energy.
CCAS Manuka
Artist: Madeleine Challender
Using various techniques to create refractions and reflections of light
through perspex and liquid, Madeleine Challender addresses notions of
systems, structures and processes active in the world, our minds and
the universe. This work engages ideas developed through ChallenderÕs
ongoing investigation of the dynamics of light and the scientific and
philosophical nature of energy.
Madele Challender is an emerging artist working in the medium of light.
She began creating light installations in 1998 when she spent six
months at L'ecole des Beaux Arts Paris. In 1999 she was invited by the
ACT Festival of Contemporary Arts to coordinate a group exhibition Red
in Flux. Since graduating with Honours from the Canberra School of
Art, Challender has created an installation for the Gorman House Arts
market and coordinated an exhibition around the idea of light, Lumiere-
a Light Show.
This is her first solo exhibition in Canberra.
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CCAS Manuka, 19 Furneaux St Manuka, Canberra, Tel (02) 6295 3112 or (02) 6247 0188