Darkness & Light

Artist Dorothy Cross (Irish, born 1956)

Publisher Stoney Road Press (Dublin)

Date2017

DimensionsSheet: 29 15/16 × 44 1/8 in. (76 × 112 cm)

MediumLuminescent print on Waterford 640gsm paper

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineMuseum Art Fund

Object number

2018.16A-B

Not on View

Label TextIn Darkness & Light Dorothy Cross uses synthetic luminescent materials to symbolize impermanence and duality in nature. Displayed side by side, two photographic images of a tree mirror each other, one printed as a positive and the other as a negative, referencing day and night. If they were transposed on top of one another, the two images would cancel each other out. Under light the black printing ink is most prevalent, but when light is omitted the luminescent paint glows, altering the viewer’s perception of background and foreground, positive and negative. The lighting is controlled by a timer so that viewers can experience the work’s unique luminescent effects.