Alison Wilding keeps up a careful balancing act
Lucy Waterson, Apollo
October 2024
In 1975, Alison Wilding created Without Casting Light on the Subject. The sculptural installation featured two blacked-out reading lamps, one placed on top of a table, the other beneath it, and pointed to an innate tension between materials. Obstructed by the table and their own light-proof coverings, the lamps were unable to illuminate the glass and slate sheets that rested on the table’s surface; object and viewer were destined to remain in the dark. […]