Sand Grain  2007

In his new exhibition, Sands of the Ganges, Hap Tivey continues to work with non-traditional light based
media. Tivey has been working with light based media since the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he
was associated with the Southern California Light and Space movement.
Tivey's newest light sculptures, created with canvas, acrylic and LED lights, suggest an infinite space,
exploring theoretical entities such as the proton, or a wavelength of speech, which exist in the realm
just beyond rational quantification. The show's title, Sands of the Ganges, is derived from a Sanskrit
metaphor for infinity. Having studied for a number of years in a Buddhist Monastary in Japan, Tivey
combines this experience with his knowledge of math to create a new metaphorical understanding of one
of the most basic and yet enigmatic properties of our basic existence: light.
The work of Hap Tivey is included in numerous museum collections as well as private and corporate
collectiuons including the DeMenil Collection, Houston, Texas; The DIA Foundation, New York, New
York; The Guggenheim Museum in both New York, New York and Bilbao, Spain; Museum of Modern Art,
New York, New York and P.S.1, New York, New York.