David Zwirner is pleased to present an ambitious new work by American artist Doug Wheeler (b. 1939), whose large-scale installations have rarely been seen in the United States. Built within the gallery’s 519 West 19th Street space, Wheeler’s SA MI 75 DZ NY 12 (2012) explores the materiality of light while emphasizing the viewer’s physical experience of infinite space. The exhibition marks the first presentation of an “infinity environment” by the artist in New York…

In 1975, for a solo exhibition at the Salvatore Ala gallery, Milan, Wheeler executed the first of his “infinity environments” by creating an expansive all-white room that simulated dawn, day, and dusk in a continual succession. Wheeler created similar environments at only two other venues: the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1983), and the guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2000). As the fourth of the artist’s “infinity environments,” the installation at David Zwirner will similarly replicate the transition from day to night.

(Source: davidzwirner.com)

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