The Fine Art Society has announced Who are wE +, an upcoming solo exhibition by British light artist, Chris Levine. The exhibition presents Levine’s latest portrait series with sitters including the iconic British supermodel Naomi Campbell, the explorer and author Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and fashion designers Paul Smith, and Giorgio Armani. Levine’s work marries art and technology investigating the ways in which we accept and perceive light, and the effect it has on our sense of being. He has worked extensively with laser light, exploring its capacity to both produce illusions and elicit a subliminal response in the viewer, and has pioneered new mediums such as holograms, light boxes and lenticular lenses, creating new mechanisms and technologies to express his ideas. In his portraiture Levine unlocks the light from within his sitter. He sees light both in the physical sense, as an electromagnetic force, and in a spiritual sense. It is his belief that a greater awareness of light as fundamental to our existence will ultimately help us know ourselves better and experience life more brightly. The Who are wE+ exhibition will be on show from 24 April to 19 May 2017 at The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT.

Press Release

CHRIS LEVINE
WHO ARE wE_+

24 APRIL - 19 MAY 2017

THE FINE ART SOCIETY, NEW BOND STREET

The Fine Art Society is delighted to present a new solo exhibition by British light artist, Chris Levine. Who are wE + presents Levine’s latest portrait series with sitters including the iconic British supermodel Naomi Campbell, the explorer and author Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and fashion designers Paul Smith, and Giorgio Armani. With light at their core, the new series follows on from portraits in recent years of The Dalai Lama ‘Compassion’, Kate Moss ‘She’s Light’ and Her Majesty the Queen, ‘Lightness of Being’, described as one of the most iconic images of the twenty first century.

Levine’s work marries art and technology investigating the ways in which we accept and perceive light, and the effect it has on our sense of being. He has worked extensively with laser light, exploring its capacity to both produce illusions and elicit a subliminal response in the viewer, and has pioneered new mediums such as holograms, light boxes and lenticular lenses, creating new mechanisms and technologies to express his ideas.

In his portraiture Levine unlocks the light from within his sitter. He sees light both in the physical sense, as an electromagnetic force, and in a spiritual sense. It is his belief that a greater awareness of light as fundamental to our existence will ultimately help us know ourselves better and experience life more brightly.

“Increasingly the direction and enquiry of my work is leading me to the ultimate realisation that we are beings of energy. The question of who we are is a mystery I feel is beyond our bandwidth of perception. My objective in creating a portrait is to get closer to the soul and in so doing express the Truth of who we really are.”’
- Chris Levine, 2017

CHRIS LEVINE

Levine is a pioneer in the field of light art, creating an adapting technology in the pursuit of the widest possible visual sensation. Levine’s practice is differentiated by the cross-fertilisation across many fields including music, performance, installation, fashion and design in a multitude of collaborative projects.

Since graduating from Chelsea and Central St Martin’s Schools of art in the 1980’s (b. 1960, Ontario to British Parents), Chris Levine has continued to explore the properties of light, geometric form and single frequencies to produce experiential works across a wide range of platforms. From holographic portraiture to live performances and ongoing collaborations, Levine’s work is both transformative and immersive, and often focused on a collective experience that enhances connectedness to the moment.

His exhibition Hypervisual 1.2 completed a tour of 12 countries with the British Council. In 2012 his work featured in the major exhibition, ‘Queen and Image’ at London’s National Portrait Gallery. He has artwork in London’s Science Museum and has staged light performances with the MoMA in New York. He has worked with a wide range of collaborators, including Anthony and the Johnsons, Philip Treacy, Massive Attack, Grace Jones, Asprey Jewellers, and he has an ongoing relationship with The Eden Project. Represented by The Fine Art Society Levine has had two solo shows, most recently ‘The Geometry of Truth’, and has attended numerous international art fairs from Art Basel Miami to Art Central and Masterpiece. Recent collaborations include John Hopkins and Sigur Ross for The Eden Project, a light installation in Federation Square, Australia, and exhibitions in Bangkok, and Canada.

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