PRISM: Winter Lights
woodruff park & peachtree center -atlanta, Ga
December 4, 2021 - january 31, 2022
A 2-month art exhibition curated by Dash displaying light-based works by national and local artists. Back for its third year, PRISM has expanded to a second Downtown location and had artwork installed at Peachtree Center (225 Peachtree St) in addition to Woodruff Park (91 Peachtree St).
Featured Artworks by: Dan Lam, Fabian Williams, Alice Lovelace, Theresa Davis, InKyoung Chun
Photos by David Batterman
Exhibition Guide
Woodruff Park North Side
โRing Yourself Awakeโ (๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ) is an ongoing light-based visual artwork platform for text based & lyrical media, premiering and PRISM and curated by ALICE LOVELACE. Our first iteration features words by THERESA DAVIS from her poem Inheritance.
Read the full poem here.
โFor Neon Poetry, my interest is in the street poet, slam poet, folk singer, and the poetry purist; placing them in the same space to create a mixture of word sound power speaking from the serious issues (social, political, environmental, or historic) to the whimsical. Performers are representative of Atlanta, and are selected for their diverse approach to text based work in tone and content. The opening to PRISM this year will be a poetry-based multi-artist performance event with loudspeakers that ripple through the streets of downtown.โ - ALICE LOVELACE
Abracadabruh by FABIAN WILLIAMS
As a black man living in these times, sometimes it feels like the things we dream of are made to be beyond our reach. Speaking what you want into fruition is the most important thing that can happen in your mind before you achieve them in reality. Choosing your creative path and knowing it will happen is the best decision you can make. This piece is a visual reminder that you have the power to make that decision. Speaking what you want into fruition. This is a visual reminder of what I told myself years ago.
A Subtle Alchemy by DAN LAM
โLamโs largest sculpture to date, A Subtle Alchemy takes the Squish form to architectural proportions: standing eight feet tall, the mound rises up on slender legs, allowing viewers to pass underneath its dome. The artist worked with sturdier materials to work on this scale, commissioning a steel armature sculpting with styrofoam, epoxyโฏclay, and resin, and coating the form with chameleon autobody paint that shifts colors as one moves around it. The shimmering surface gives the work a sense that it is alive and changing, or reacting to others in its presence.โ - Nasher Sculpture Center
Peachtree Center Plaza
Rainbow Gateway 'Saekdong' by IN KYOUNG CHUN
[The piece] is based on my painting 'Blueโ ( mixed media on canvas, 30" x24", 2010)', which expresses water, a fundamental source of life. Water cleanses and refreshes our world. In particular, the rainbow stripes in the work symbolizes the traditional Korean pattern, Saekdong, which characterizes the goodness of water: Saekdong means joy, heavenly blessing and harmony. We have been through many hardships this year and I hope people get an optimistic and positive energy when they enter the Rainbow Gateway at the close of 2021.
Abracadabruh (Digital) by FABIAN WILLIAMS
As a black man living in these times, sometimes it feels like the things we dream of are made to be beyond our reach. Speaking what you want into fruition is the most important thing that can happen in your mind before you achieve them in reality. Choosing your creative path and knowing it will happen is the best decision you can make. This piece is a visual reminder that you have the power to make that decision. Speaking what you want into fruition. This is a visual reminder of what I told myself years ago.
Live at the Westin Motor Lobby Digital Sign (210 Peachtree St NW)
PRESS
โPRISM: Winter Lightsโ shines in Woodruff Park through January - WABE City Lights
PRISM: Winter Lights Outdoor Art Exhibit Returns to Woodruff Park for a Third Year with Expansion to Peachtree Center - Saporta Report
Hereโs Where To See Holiday Lights In Atlanta - Discover Atlanta
Holiday lights and Christmas tree lightings in metro Atlanta | 2021 - CBS46
20+ Not-to-Miss December Events - Atlanta Parent
PRISM: Winter Lights is made possible through the generosity of Mailchimp & Georgia Pacific. Additional support has been provided by the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Arts & Entertainment Atlanta, the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation & Peachtree Center.