Guild Hall: Artist Leo Villareal in Conversation w/ Kathleen Forde, 9.23rd, 3 to 4:30PM

ARTIST LEO VILLAREAL IN CONVERSATION

WITH KATHLEEN FORDE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

3-4:30 PM

Join artist Leo Villareal and Kathleen Forde, inaugural Senior Curator for Superblue, as they discuss Leo’s work and large-scale immersive installations, in conjunction with Guild Hall’s exhibition of Villareal’s Celestial Garden. This engaging conversation with take place in the Marks Family Gallery North, and seating is limited, so get your tickets today.

Leo Villareal’s Celestial Garden, on view through October 16, features a never-before-exhibited monumental LED artwork accompanied by a soundscape and artist-designed furniture. The new light sculpture is composed of an array of LEDs over ten feet high and twenty-eight feet wide that is encased in a vinyl membrane. The artwork comes alive with perpetually evolving forms created by using custom software that orchestrates the compositions. An audio soundscape accompanies the visual display.

Villareal’s abstract compositions, inspired by nature’s intricate patterns, unfold in real time and envelop the viewer in a dynamic interplay of light and sound where space and time intertwine.

Leo Villareal: Celestial Garden Sponsors:

Lead Sponsors: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky, Amanda and Donald Mullen, Pace Gallery, and an anonymous donor

Additional Support: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip Aarons, Jacqueline Brody, and Deborah and David Roberts

Museum programs are supported by Crozier Fine Arts, and funding from The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment, and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.

Free gallery admission is sponsored, in part, by Landscape Details.

Pictured: Leo Villareal, Celestial Garden, 2023. LEDs, custom software, electrical hardware, steel, vinyl, audio. 340 x 126 inches (864 x 320 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery. Celestial Garden © Leo Villareal.

Photo: Gary Mamay Photography. Photo courtesy of Guild Hall.

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