Summary
LIGHT wine things. The title says it all, but most of the thrust of this Bill Culbert exhibition and what he is known for is this first word: Light. As if, when saying the title, you should stress or accent this first word and then tack the others on. Light is the subject in all his works, from installations to free-standing sculpture to the photographs, it is what Culbert plays with and delights in.
Bill Culbert, in his 70s, was born in Port Chalmers but is now based in England and France. Much of what brought him to attention in New Zealand were his collaborations with Ralph Hotere.See the full content of this document
Extract
And There Was Light
Blackwater, an installation in 1999 using wood, corrugated iron and Culbert's inevitable florescent light tubes, is one that many people may have seen and remember.
Culbert has also done many three-dimensional works on his own. Using light tubes in arrangements, hung at odd angles or poked through throw-away plastic bottles to give them a luminescence and beauty ...See the full content of this document
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