Albers & Moholy Nagy Exhibition

This Exhibition is currently running at the Tate Modern, London. http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/albersmoholy/ I went on Saturday 11th March along with most of London.

Moholy Nagy's Light Space Modulator could be classed as an early disco light if you were feeling particularly cynical but the effect is more than that. Moholy's intention was to create kinetic abstract images perhaps as an extension to his work with photograms and to this end he succeeds.

I found the machine mesmerising in itself and when combined with the moving light patterns cast onto the walls as well as the shadows created and the flashes caused by the mirror catching the light, the whole atmosphere is pretty inspiring.

Other pieces of note where Leda and the Swan (below) which cast a slow moving image of its reflection as well as its shadow onto the wall behind and Double Loop, another folded acrylic number this time on a stand, casting caustics and reflections from its curves and edges.


Leda and The Swan, 1946

















Double Loop, 1946













Moholy's Photos were interesting, many of them taken from elevated positions revealing shadow casts and playing with depth of field and perception.