Liz West Presents Our Spectral Vision
British artist Liz West was a natural fit for the new exhibition at the Natural History Museum, which presents a history of colour and its relationship to vision in the natural world.
Liz West was a natural fit for the new exhibition Colour and Vision: Through the Eyes of Nature at the Natural History Museum in London. The British artist has long worked with illumination, exploring the spectrum of visible light primarily through installations and sculptures. West created the new piece “Our Spectral Vision” for the exhibition, which presents a history of colour and its relationship to vision in the natural world.
The light installation is equally inspired by Isaac Newton’s experiments with prisms and the “iridescent patterns and colourings present on the birds, insects and animals in the Natural History Museum collection”. The former reference point imparts the technical and material elements of the “Our Spectral Vision”, while the latter informs the palette of the piece. The result is an immersive installation that complements the exhibition as a whole, illustrating how colour in nature is interpreted by artists and designers.
Colour and Vision is on view at the Natural History Museum until 6 November, 2016.
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