from a selection of works from the collection. Many of these works go well beyond the optical and appeal to the experience of the body in space mediated by light; others make reference to issues that reflect the dynamics of the contemporary world.

The work of Olafur Eliasson has an important place in the exhibition due to his constant research and reflection on “light” in his work and a large part of the show is devoted to his work, in this case, a series of lamps in which the artist emphasizes the phenomenological aspect of the work of art and appeals to the sensible body as subject, implying the construction of meaning through perception. In the works of Jim Hodges, Carlos Garaicoa, Consuelo Castañeda / Quisqueya Henríquez, Ignacio Lang, and Allora & Calzadilla, light functions more as a discursive element and as a container of meanings; while in Eliasson the physical experience of perception promotes concerns that go beyond the aesthetic and induce the spectator to become conscious of the act of seeing, in the works of these artists presented here it is not so much perception that leads us to the cognoscitive experience but rather a rethinking of how light functions within the artist’s work and intention that sheds light on the meaning of these works, which touch in a variety of themes such as the dissemination of information in the contemporary world, the economic and social relations of dependence between nations, the idea of utopia, obsolete technologies, among others.

Through the diverse manifestations of the use of light in the works presented in this exhibition we can assess the versatility of the medium and its sensorial and discursive possibilities, as well as its potential as a critical tool in contemporary art.