Light Show

Light Show explores the experiential and phenomenal nature of light, bringing together sculptures and installations that use light in different ways. The exhibition showcases artworks created since the 1960s in which light is used to sculpt and shape space, often operating at the edges of perception.

From atmospheric pieces to intangible sculptures that you can move around and even through, visitors will experience light in all of its spatial and sensory forms. Individual artworks explore different aspects of light such as colour, duration, shadows, natural and artificial illumination, and projection. They also demonstrate the use of light to address architecture, science, and politics, and do so using a variety of lighting technologies. Light has the power to affect our state of mind as well as alter our sight, and Light Show includes some of the most visually stimulating artworks created in recent years. It also includes rare works not seen for decades and re-created specially for the Hayward Gallery.

Light Show features works by over 20 artists including David Batchelor, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, Ceal Floyer, Jenny Holzer, Ann Veronica Janssens, Anthony McCall, François Morellet, Iván Navarro, Katie Paterson, and Conrad Shawcross. The exhibition is curated by Cliff Lauson, Curator, Hayward Gallery.

Please note that some installations in the exhibition contain artificial mist, flashing or strobe lighting.