Matter & Light Information

Founded in Boston's South End in 2016 by Ian Marcus Corbin, Matter & Light sells modern and contemporary art from emerging and established artists. Art New England writes: "The gallery’s name reflects a reading of art (and hence, of humanity) as compounded of matter (the chthonic, of the gross earth) on one hand, and light (metaphysics, the spiritual) on the other. Many of Matter & Light’s sculptures and paintings display unrefined, deeply tactile surfaces, where clay, metal, wood or paint can become alchemical prima material, standing in for the primal matter of life . . . That's the gallery's sweet spot - work that raises profound spiritual questions in a medium of raw, visceral materiality. The end, Corbin says, is 'to leave the viewer with clearer eyes and a deeper appreciation for the strange, beautiful tensions of the human condition.'"