Spencer Finch
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At the core of Spencer Finch's practice is his ongoing investigation into the nature of light, colour, memory and perception. Utilizing a range of media from painting, drawing, photography and installations using fluorescent lights with coloured filters, Finch distills his observations of the world into glowing abstract colour. Each work has its origin in Finch's own observation of a particular time or place with a lingering historical resonance, from a recreation of the light at the site of ancient Troy in Eos (Dawn, Troy, 10/27/02) – to a futile attempt to capture the colour of a waterfall in White (Niagara Falls obscured by mist, April 17th 2006, 5.30pm). Inherent in the work is the tension between the objective investigations of science and the subjectivity of perception and lived experience, endowing his work with a melancholy that comes from what Finch describes as 'the impossible desire to see oneself seeing'.
Spencer Finch lives and works in New York.
Artist Contact
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Artist News
Dundee Contemporary Arts
24 October 2008 – 4 January 2009
Dundee Contemporary Arts
The River that Flows Both Ways
Project with Creative Time
The High Line, New York
Autumn 2008-9
Artist Press
On Spencer Finch, A Rainbow in BrooklynView PDF (112 K)
Artist Exhibitions
Spencer Finch May 29 - July 26, 2008View Exhibition
Artist Images
West (Sunset in My Motel Room, Monument Valley, January 26, 2007, 5:36-6:06 PM), 2007 9 channel synchronized video installation with 9 TV monitors Dimensions variable
Kaaterskill Falls (July 30, 2006, 12:37PM), 2006 Fluorescent light boxes with laminated filters 188 x 127 x 20 cm and 142 x 97 x 20 cm
Kaaterskill Falls (July 30, 2006, 12:37PM), 2006 Fluorescent light boxes with laminated filters 188 x 127 x 20 cm and 142 x 97 x 20 cm
Taxonomy of Clouds, 2006 17 Inkjet prints 15 x 15 cm
Taxonomy of Clouds, 2006 17 Inkjet prints 15 x 15 cm
Dusk (Hudson River Valley 10/30/2005), 2005 Filters, clothespins, fishing line, fluorescent lights Dimensions variable
Dusk (Hudson River Valley 10/30/2005), 2005 Filters, clothespins, fishing line, fluorescent lights Dimensions variable
Moonlight (Luna County New Mexico, July 13, 2003), 2005 Filters and tape Dimensions variable
Sky (Over Coney Island, November 26th, 2004, 12:47pm. Southwest view over the Cyclone.), 2004 Balloons, helium and string Dimensions variable
Sky (Over Coney Island, November 26th, 2004, 12:47pm. Southwest view over the Cyclone.), 2004 Balloons, helium and string Dimensions variable
Night Sky, Over the Painted Desert, Arizona, 1/9/04, 2004 87 lamps, 401 bulbs Dimensions variable
Night Sky, Over the Painted Desert, Arizona, 1/9/04, 2004 87 lamps, 401 bulbs Dimensions variable
Night Sky, Over the Painted Desert, Arizona, 1/9/04, 2004 87 lamps, 401 bulbs Dimensions variable
Abecedary (Nabokov's Theory of a Colored Alphabet applied to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle), 2004 Ink and watercolor on paper 274 x 914 cm
Abecedary (Nabokov's Theory of a Colored Alphabet applied to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle), 2004 Ink and watercolor on paper 274 x 914 cm
Sunlight in an Empty Room (Passing Cloud for Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA, August 28, 2004), 2004 100 fluorescent lights, filters, clothespins Dimensions variable
Sunlight in an Empty Room (Passing Cloud for Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA, August 28, 2004), 2004 100 fluorescent lights, filters, clothespins Dimensions variable
Sunset (South Texas, 6/21/03), 2003 16" x 40', Fluorescent lights, filters Dimensions variable
Sunset (South Texas, 6/21/03), 2003 16" x 40', Fluorescent lights, filters Dimensions variable
Paris/Texas, 2003 Sandblasted stained glass 365 x 850 cm Installation view ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas