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SUMMARY:John and June Allcott Gallery: taylor barnes\, Weight of Light
LOCATION:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, U
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DESCRIPTION:Reception and artist conversation: October 29\, 2026\, 5:00 pm\
 n\nWeight of Light is an exhibition of seven works by multidisciplinary ar
 tist taylor barnes\, created during her year-long residency at West Orchid
  in Pine Lake\, Georgia. Weight of Light considers the relationship betwee
 n material\, perception\, and the ongoing process of becoming. Emerging fr
 om a period of experimentation and personal reflection\, the works occupy 
 an ambiguous space between painting and object. Neither fixed representati
 ons nor resolved compositions\, the works function as thresholds—sites o
 f transition where questions of origin\, transformation\, and self-possess
 ion remain open.\n\nbarnes approaches the canvas as a material structure r
 ather than a passive surface. Through staining\, layering\, saturation\, a
 nd the transformation of matter between solid and liquid states\, she expl
 ores the physical and conceptual possibilities of charcoal. Materials shif
 t\, settle\, resist\, and respond\, creating conditions in which chance\, 
 absence\, and emergence become integral to the work. The works do not seek
  resolution through conventional notions of completion. Instead\, they ret
 ain evidence of their making—gestures\, interruptions\, accumulations\, 
 and erasures that reveal the instability and possibility inherent in trans
 formation. What remains visible is a record of decisions\, encounters\, an
 d material negotiations. The works resist linear narratives of progress\, 
 suggesting instead a cyclical understanding of origin\, movement\, and rev
 elation. Abstract maps\, they trace an unfolding relationship between the 
 known and obscured. Darkness and light emerge not as opposing forces\, but
  as interdependent conditions which continually refigure perception and un
 derstanding. Black\, the central color and philosophical foundation of bar
 nes' practice\, becomes a space of depth\, presence\, and possibility—a 
 means of considering how material holds identity\, memory\, and lived expe
 rience. Informed by bell hooks' writings on objectific
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