Pae White:

In Between the Outside-In

May 05 – July 18, 2009 at New Langton Arts

Los Angeles–based artist Pae White explores issues of site and context while blurring any remaining distinctions between art and design. Developed during a FOR-SITE residency, White’s installation at New Langton Arts in San Francisco proposes new paradigms for art and landscape. Using noninvasive data collection and mapping techniques, three-dimensional scans were taken of an massive, 800-year-old oak tree, a wild raspberry bush, and a manzanita grove. White used these topographical scans as source material for a series of colorful, morphing animations. Adding to the installation, White incorporates ceramics drawn from the extensive collection of Joe Meade of Nevada City, CA. Displayed en masse, these earthenware objects further complicate the relationship between nature and culture.

In Between the Outside-In (installation view)

New Langton Arts, San Francisco

Ceramics from the collection of Joe Meade

Nevada City, California, 2009

All Pae White: In Between the Outside-In exhibition photography by Wilfred T. Jones.