Matt Wessen · RISE/SET
Oct. 8, 2022 – Dec. 18, 2022
Artist Matt Wessen
RISE/SET
“Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.”
—Sam Francis, American Painter
In Rise/Set, photographer Matt Wessen (b. 1982 in Los Angeles, California) extracts the moods and movements of two circadian occurrences we all have the opportunity to witness every day: the sunrise and the sunset. Typically thought of as either impossible to capture in a way that’s true to the experience — or else clichéd and sentimental — Wessen instead uses abstraction to organize a daily ritual into a show that is colorful, bold and graphic, more akin to a PANTONE color book than nature photography.
About the Artist:
Matt Wessen (born in Los Angeles in 1982) is a photographer, filmmaker, and art director currently based in Ojai, California.
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