Multiverse 2008

Leo Villareal's light sculpture, "Multiverse" transforms the mundane act of walking into an experience of the sublime. It's all about process, where simple LEDs become complex patterns of light, turning the everyday into something dreamlike. The work's magic lies in its surfaces: row upon row of small lights create a shifting, pixelated landscape. There’s this optical push and pull, like the lights are breathing. Look closely, and you might notice how the intensity of each light varies, creating a sense of depth and movement. It reminds me of the way Agnes Martin made those ruled lines, an obsessive grid that somehow turns into pure feeling. Villareal shares this sense of obsessive mark making, a conversation across time that embraces both order and the unpredictable, inviting us to lose ourselves in its glow.