Dazzle of Darkness - Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art 2025

 Dazzle of Darkness

January 23 - May 4, 2025 @ BMoCA

This exhibition showcases 31 artists who illuminate darkness through diverse media, ranging from storytelling to scientific experimentation, photography, fiber optics, film, and sculpture. Their works expand awareness on personal, universal, and spiritual levels.

While forces of light and dark are often simplified as opposites in a dualistic world, the multifaceted works in Dazzle of Darkness expose this false dichotomy. The artists challenge the one-dimensional reality we have been conditioned to accept and offer a gateway into a new consciousness of the subtle and infinite nuances of the universe.

Guest curated by Rebecca DiDomenico.

Exhibiting Artists: 

Halim Al Karim

Brian Barber

aruma | Sandra De Berduccy

Rebecca DiDomenico

Kim Dickey

Drift

Jane Hammond

Kristen Hatgi Sink

Ana María Hernando

Kite

Liz Langyher

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Terry Maker

Patrick Marold

Jaydan Moore

Tony Oursler

Roger Reutimann

Clark Richert

Cara Romero

Martha Russo

Mark Sink

Stacey Steers

Swoon

Babak Tafreshi

Toshiko Takaezu

James Tapscott

Nadya Tolokonnikova

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot

Katherine Vetne

Ash Eliza Williams

Jerry Wingren

Mark Sinks statement :

Capturing portraits and emotion has been a lifelong journey through subtle, expressions, body language, light, and composition. It's a patient search to create a psychological depth that invites a viewer to connect personally. As for the process, i have always gone reverse technology, here with the toy plastic Diana camera and 19th century Collodion Wetplate. In this age of digital inkjet reproduction, it is very refreshing and special to make a one-of-a-kind image with light landing on silver.

Press:

Denver Post, A New Exhibit Finds Beauty in the Darkness, Ray Rinaldi, March 2025 (pdf)