Sanderson are delighted to present the exhibition Experimental Physics by Kāryn Taylor. Taylor (b. 1969, Aotearoa New Zealand) is an award-winning artist known for her works that manipulate materials, light, form and shadow to challenge our perception of the structures that ground our reality. Her practice is informed by geometric abstraction, which stems from her interest in quantum physics.

In this exhibition Taylor presents a multi-dimensional installation and new sculptural works alongside a selection of self-illuminating light boxes. The light boxes are intense in colour, with their glowing lines of light that defy logic.

For more than two decades, Taylor has explored the space between reality and our limited understanding of the world. Working with geometric abstraction, light, colour and movement, the artist creates situations where the familiar begins to behave unexpectedly. In Experimental Physics, this inquiry takes on a new dimension: through an animated installation, a series of sculptural works and a selection of light boxes, extending her investigation by questioning the assumptions that underpin our experience of reality.

Taylor expands the traditional premise of drawing, allowing the line to move through time and occupy a space that exceeds the physical boundaries of the object. The works draw us in through familiar geometric forms, while subtly shifting our confidence in what we think we see. Circles and squares suggest order and certainty, but changing light and colour make that certainty obscured, revealing perception itself as something contingent and conditional. Through playful process and geometry that provides an apparent logic, Taylor presents us with abstract ideas and physically seductive art, where mass, weight and presence become fluid.