Pae White: In Between the Outside-In at New Langton Arts

May 5, 10:47 AMSF Art ExaminerMarisa Nakasone

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Internationally renowned multimedia artist, Pae White, will be exhibiting the work produced during her residency at the For-Site Foundation at New Langton Arts from Tuesday, May 5 through July 18, 2009.  Join them tonight from 7-9 PM for the opening. 

During her residency at the For-Site Foundation, Pae White explored the Sierra Foothills, observing the cultures and ecosystem unique to the region.  Recognized for ability to challenge the boundaries between space, object, image, and viewer to create and redefine the term "site-specific," White's fine-tuned installations provide viewers with an immersive experience.  For this exhibition, White took three-dimensional scans of elements from the Sierra Foothill landscape; including an eight hundred year old tree, a Manzanita grove, and a rasberry bush.  In collaboration with a Dreamworks animator, White utilized these scans to create unique visual effects and morphing animations.

White extends her metaphor of site-specific space outside of perceived physical landscapes to objects that index the cultural history and legacy of the region she explored--imbuing the exhibition as a whole with a sense of history that goes beyond a mere transcription of images one might see in the Sierra Foothills landscape. The objects used in this exhibition were selected from the collection of Nevada City's Joseph Meade--a motley array of ceramic objects drawn from thrift stores and flea markets and featuring work from both well-known and anonymous artists.

If you are not familar with White's work, check out some of the images below from previous exhibitions:

Ordering the collection will always be a work in progress'...Pae White's Morceau Arrochant at Tate Modern. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA.  (image via: guardian.co.uk)

Perspex. Collection of Cornelia Grassi, London. Photo by Marcus Leith, courtesy of greengrassi, London.  (Image via: UCLA's Hammer Museum).

Installation view at UCLA Hammer Museum. Photo by Joshua White. (Image Via: Hammer Museum, UCLA)

Paper and thread, detail. O R O S C O P O is funded, in part, by an ARC grant from the Durfee Foundation. Courtesy of 1301PE Los Angeles, installation at UCLA Hammer Museum. Photo by Joshua White. (Image Via: Hammer Museum, UCLA)