BDN reports on UMMA light sculpture exhibit

The Bangor Daily News reported on an interactive exhibition at the University of Maine Museum of Art by Paul Myoda, a Japanese-American artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Myoda creates sculptures investigating the transformative qualities of light, according to the article. “For many years I’ve been working with light as a material for sculpture. People often think of it as immaterial, but it is actually material that you can sculpt and shape and form,” Myoda said. He creates his sculptures by using computer-based technologies, such as 3-D printers, as well as hand tools, the article states. “Usually in the case of installation artists or people using new media, the artist has to be here to do it. Paul is creating a whole experience for people as they enter,” said George Kinghorn, the museum’s director and curator. The exhibit runs from Oct. 2 until Dec. 31.