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San Francisco museum illuminates Haas atrium with new work by media artist Jim Campbell

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From November 5, 2011, to September 25, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents Jim Campbell: Exploded Views. This new work, conceived for SFMOMA’s Haas Atrium, features hundreds of flickering LED lights creating the illusion of figurative images that explore and reflect the human experience. As visitors move through the space, the vantage point alters and the shadow-like figures begin to take shape, blurring the boundaries between image and object. Both abstract and representational, sculptural and image based, Campbell’s suspended installation illuminates the atrium like a chandelier as well as function as a cinematic screen when seen from the museum’s second-, third-, and fourth-floor landings. This exhibition marks a