#spencerfinch

[andreahamiltonblog]

Spencer Finch

Working in watercolour, drawing, sculpture, photography, and installation, Spencer Finch attempts to faithfully recreate his impressions of natural phenomena and the landscapes that surround him. The artist observes, documents, and studies colour and light effects with scientific precision. He distils his findings into ethereal works—most notably large-scale installations that filter or transform natural light, or create synthetic light effects. With both a scientific approach to gathering data and a true poetic sensibility, Finch’s installations, sculptures and works on paper filter perception through the lens of nature, history, literature and personal experience.

Finch has completed several large-scale public projects notably ‘Trying to remember the color of the sky on that September morning’ at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City in 2014. He is a recipient of the American Federation of Arts’ Cultural Leadership Award (2014) and his work is held in numerous museum collections.

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1. Spencer Finch, Sunlight in an Empty Room, detail, 2004, (Passing Cloud for Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA, August 28, 2004), Lisson Gallery

2. Spencer Finch, Study for Reflections I, 2021

3. Spencer Finch, Study for Saiph, 2019, Lisson Gallery

4. Spencer Finch, Trying to remember the color of the sky on that September morning (detail). Installation at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Watercolour on paper, 2014

5. The artist Spencer Finch at his studio in Brooklyn. Michael Kirby for New York Times.

[sbowen]

Spencer Finch

Two Coats has words about Spencer’s dazzling originality. More #spencerfinch

[alisoninfl]

Sky Over Coney Island (November 21, 2004 1:14 pm), 2004 by Spencer Finch

[wolfie-wolfgang]

I can still see the luminous Spencer Finch sculpture from the British Museum’s Troy exhibition. Called The Shield of Achilles it still plays in my head. Apparently the artist made it by recording light levels on a Turkish beach near the site of ancient Troy and reproducing the light changes, the only unchanging elements from the time of the Trojan War. A brilliant idea brilliantly and beautifully realised. Exhibition closes on 8th March. #troy #britishmuseum #art #london #spencerfinch #achilles #achillesshield #exhibitions (at British Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9WJ4fPn-8k/?igshid=1pg7tlsu9m9ir

[irish-artist-ie]

#Repost @_remote_view • • • • • • A picture of me painting some years ago (gallery specific installation for Spencer Finch - Back to Kansas) #spencerfinch #artinstallation #painting #colourfield #art #kunst #konst #gallery #artgallery #contemporaryart #curator #ghostartist #geometric #abstract #minimal #kineticart #wizardofoz #colours #popart #geometricabstraction #hardedge #artconcrete #largepainting #wallpainting #wallporn #backtokansas #davidfahey #arttechnician #arthandler https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fS1P_Hg_e/?igshid=jpvi0aykeqew

[peripateticus]

“The Shield of Achilles” (Dawn, Troy, 10/27/02), 2019 by Spencer Finch. The artist took light readings on the plain of present-day Troy at dawn and then recreated them with fluorescent lamps with colored filters. The tubes are designed to look like both the sun’s rays and Achilles’ shield. #troy #trojanwar #iliad #britishmuseum #mythology #greeks #greekmythology #achilles #spencerfinch #art https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wjr0hH5j4/?igshid=4o1srd8lnyg1

[mmhaims]

“As Lightning on a landscape” is an incredibly intimate and soul soothing show at @arcadiaexhibitions get there by December 15th to see this work by #spencerfinch (at Arcadia Exhibitions) https://www.instagram.com/p/B40p-Glhq8u/?igshid=1mrug0wjbeml5

[lesliesacksgallery]

Installation view of Jon Krawczyk and Spencer Finch 💥 @krawczyk_sculpture #spencerfinch #gallerylife #installation #bergamotstation (at Leslie Sacks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2h2UkuFvMw/?igshid=ivaivou1ubca

[mikemcgregor]

Mass MoCAing today #massmoca #laurieanderson #spencerfinch #modernart (at MASS MoCA)

[daniemouse]

I love my family. #MassMoca #beautiful #spencerfinch #familytime http://massmoca.org/event/spencer-finch-cosmic-latte/ (at MASS MoCA)

[quintgallery]

SPENCER FINCH, Times Square, February 10, 2006, 8PM, 2006, 15 T8 single strip fixtures and fluorescent lights, 48" x 46" x 4” #SpencerFinch (at Quint Gallery)

[thethinginthebag]

Spencer Finch @abmb #abmb #spencerfinch #artofperception (at Art Basel Miami Beach)

[vicsterhao]

This glow makes me happy 😊 Moonlight (Yellowstone), 2017 12-4 fluorescent fixtures #2017CEDUMiami #instaday #instaartist #instaart #spencerfinch #artbaselmiami #artbasel #artbasel2017 @christiesedu (at Miami Beach Convention Center)

[odysseyeventsvt]

Just had a cosmic #latte #spencerfinch (at MASS MoCA)

[ninacm]

My very own Cosmic Latte. #universe #MyMuse #CosmicLatte #installation #husband #beautiful #SpencerFinch #light #love #SundayFunday #MassMoca #art #openyoureyes #artiseverywhere #latergram #latergramfordays

[non-nomerart-blog]

#Beautiful #lightbox made by the #great #SpencerFinch currently #showing @berggruengallery in the #soma in #sf. #lovely . . . . #color #test #light #box #artwork #sculpture #painting #grid #square art #sanfrancisco #sfart #bayarea #love #follow #bayareart #support #artist #love #community #checkitout (at Berggruen Gallery)