{"id":13749,"date":"2023-06-12T08:01:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=13749"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:37:25","slug":"anthony-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/anthony-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony James"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8049\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13749-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnthonyJames.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnthonyJames.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnthonyJames.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p>By <strong>Diana Lehr<\/strong> June 12, 2023<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13751\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anthony-james-portrait.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anthony-james-portrait.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anthony-james-portrait.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anthony-james-portrait.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/anthony-james-portrait.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Anthony James and his first exhibition in the region entitled Light at Opera Gallery in DIFC.<br \/>Antonie Robertson\/The National<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonyjamesstudio.com\/\">Anthony James<\/a> (b. 1974) is a London-born, Los Angeles-based artist who graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a degree in painting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">James is known for his monumental sculptures and installations that embrace Minimalism, Transcendentalism and Light &amp; Space. In the winter of 2023, James became the first and only visual artist to have work exhibited on all seven continents when he installed one of his stainless steel, glass, and LED <i>Portals <\/i>at White Desert\u2019s base camp in Antarctica near the South Pole. \u201cIn my practice I\u2019m trying to give a visual demonstration of the infinite or the divinity inside us all,\u201d says James. \u201cIf you\u2019re seeing and experiencing this ever-expanding cosmos, hopefully that\u2019s a window to explore this underlying law of nature, this inner light.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13752\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13752 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2730.jpg?resize=696%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"384\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2730-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2730-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1059&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2730-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Constellations, Glass, Steel, LEDs. 2020, courtesy Anthony James Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13753\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13753 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706.jpg?resize=696%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C743&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1115&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1486&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C505&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C775&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C1393&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/QST_2706-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Constellations, Glass, Steel, LEDs. 2020, courtesy Anthony James Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13771\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/630f9f31b4b9c3176c0436da_QvI4mvzg.jpeg?resize=640%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/630f9f31b4b9c3176c0436da_QvI4mvzg.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/630f9f31b4b9c3176c0436da_QvI4mvzg.jpeg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wall Portal (detail) 40\u201d, Glass, Steel, LEDs. 2020, courtesy Melissa Morgan Fine Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnthonyJames.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing 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