As part of Art Basel 2025, an exhibition of works by renowned French Symbolist artist Eugène Carrière (1849–1906) opened at Hauser & Wirth Basel, one of Switzerland's oldest Symbolist galleries. "Sculpted Light" spans two decades of the artist's work, from 1885 to around 1905, and encompasses some of his most celebrated themes, from portraits and intimate depictions of mothers and children to landscapes. The exhibition explores these themes through Carrière's conceptual use of light. As curator and art historian Helen Hirsch writes, "Carrière used light as a metaphor for the inner glow and aura of an object. It was more than a stylistic device; it also served a symbolic function for the artist, a sign of a person's inner vitality and charisma: their appearance was a manifestation of their inner glow." Viewed in this light, "Sculpted Light" celebrates the work of an underappreciated artist whose paintings have endured for their extraordinary originality.

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