Bill Viola Video Masterpiece on Exhibition Now

Palm Springs Art Museum
Exhibition
Bill Viola: The Crossing

Viola uses the communications media to create art that is direct and profound. In The Crossing, Viola has placed a large projection screen in the center of a darkened gallery. On both sides of this screen, a human form approaches the viewer from a deep distance. Once this figure of a man stops, the two natural elements of fire and water begin to appear on the screen. On one side, a small flame licks at the figure's feet, and on the other a small stream begins to drip and then pour on the figure's head until the artist dissolves into the image and the cycle begins again.

From 10.17.07 to 12.23.07