Luminous WordsSouth Korean artist Airan Kang takes an illuminated approach to her art. Her striking digitally lighted books, along with her new LED paintings, are currently on view in her second solo show at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York. To prepare for her 2010 show, Light Reading, Kang traveled around the world to visit and photograph different bookstores and famous libraries in order to then recreate each environment as digitized versions of the original simulacra.Lord Byron (Hyper Open Book), 2010. LED lights, resin encasement, custom electronics. 24 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 4 inchesThe current show, Luminous Words, features over one hundred digital...
