Cynthia Daignault - Light Atlas

In 2014, Daignault embarked on a yearlong exploration of the United States. Traveling around the perimeter of the country, she stopped every 25 miles to paint what she saw. The resulting work, “Light Atlas,” is the New York-based artist’s most ambitious work to date. Consisting of 360 canvases – one for each degree of the circle she traveled – the paintings form a grand portrait of America.

“Light Atlas” developed from Daignault’s realization that she could name 100 men who roamed the country to create canonical works that are used to define America, yet struggled to name one such work by a woman. Asserting her own voice with a journey across America, the resulting canvases compose a temporal account of a vast and diverse nation.

This exhibition marks the first time that “Light Atlas” will be shown in its entirety.