Published on occasion of Nadim Abbas' solo exhibition 'Cataract', held at Experimenta and Gallery Exit, Hong Kong, November to December 2010. Exploring his ongoing fascination with the psychological properties of water and the phenomenology of seeing, the artist constructed a two-part installation that featured a water recycling shower and a pair of kinetic lightboxes with images of waterfalls, set within aluminum window frames. 'Just as rapidly moving water turns from transparent to white, a cataract of the eye is formed when the lens becomes progressively opaque. The theme of opacity here shifts back and forth from connotations of reflected light to the obstruction and extinguishing of light that leads to blindness. Yet, as the Argentinean writer Borges once commented, "The world of the blind is not the night that people imagine." Conversely, one might conceive of a darkness that is formed of light, a kind of luminous night that persists in the world of appearances - it is this ambiguous aspect of the imaginary that Abbas seeks to locate.' —excerpt from front flap

This catalogue collects documentation of the present exhibition as well as the artist's previous works. With a preface by Gina Wong and essay by Venus Lau. Artist biography included.

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Onsite

Location code
MON.ABN3
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2011

No of pages

56

ISBN / ISSN

Nil

No of copies

1

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Void on Fire - Venus LAU, 劉秀儀

Nadim Abbas: Cataract
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Nadim Abbas: Cataract