Pae White Transforms Museum Lobby with Large-Scale Paper Mobiles
New Hammer Project on view at the Hammer Museum, February 8 - July 13, 2004
February 5
Los Angeles, CA — In her first solo museum installation, acclaimed Los Angeles artist Pae White creates several works that transform the Hammer lobby. Her large scale, kaleidoscopic hanging pieces will be on display February 8 through July 13, 2004. Drawn from an abundance of art historical and pop cultural sources, Pae White’s cascading mobiles evoke everything from schools of fish to Impressionist paintings with their myriad marks. Pae White’s installation was organized by Hammer Projects curator James Elaine.
White describes this body of work as “an exploration of movement contained.” Like “a waterfall on pause,” the works are “a flurry of color and gentle movement, suspended for contemplation.” Made with brightly-colored cut paper strung on colored thread, the pieces respond to the slightest movement and define three-dimensional space while remaining fluid.
White’s largest piece, O R O S C O P O, 2003 appears to grow from the floor as much as it seems to descend from the ceiling. Illuminated against the midnight blue wall behind, hundreds of bright orange strings anchored by seemingly weightless layered paper disks descend from the ceiling over twenty feet above. These larger pieces are shown alongside delicate wire cages, which also hang from the ceiling, that hold colored, odd-shaped paper birds and media clippings. In addition to the hanging works, White painted spider web-like wall-paintings that seep out of the lobby’s corners like natural growth.
Pae White was born in 1963 in Pasadena, California. She works and lives in Los Angeles. She received her M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and her B.A. from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Recent solo exhibition venues include Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan; the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; greengrassi, London; and 1301PE, Los Angeles.
The Museum will host a gallery talk by the artist on Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 6 pm.
ABOUT HAMMER PROJECTS
Hammer Projects are a series of exhibitions that focus primarily on the work of emerging artists, and reflect the Museum’s commitment to contemporary art by providing international and local artists a laboratory-like environment to create new work, or to present existing work in a new context. Hammer Projects are made possible with support from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and members of the Hammer Circle.
HAMMER MUSEUM
Through its permanent collections, exhibitions, and programs, the Hammer Museum endeavors to illuminate the depth and diversity of artistic expression through the centuries up to the present moment. Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer in 1990, the Museum houses several collections of art: The Armand Hammer Collection of Old Master, Impressionist, and Post-Impressionist paintings, including important examples of work by Rembrandt van Rijn, John Singer Sargent, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Mary Cassatt; The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection, featuring the painting, sculpture, and lithography of 19th-century French satirist Honoré Daumier and his contemporaries; and The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, contains over 45,000 works on paper, including prints, drawings, photographs, and artists’ books dating from the Renaissance to the present.
For more information about the Hammer Museum:
VOICE: 310-443-7000; TTY: 310-443-7094; WEB: www.hammer.ucla.edu
Museum Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 11am–7pm; Thursday, 11am–9pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm; closed Mondays, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Admission: $5 for adults; $3 for seniors (65+) and UCLA Alumni Association members; free for Museum members, students with identification, UCLA faculty/staff, and visitors 17 and under. Admission is free for everyone on Thursdays. Access for people with disabilities is provided.
Location/Parking: The Museum is located at 10899 Wilshire Boulevard. Parking is available under the Museum. Rates are $2.75 for the first two hours with Museum validation, $1.50 for each additional 20 minutes. There is a $3 flat rate after 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Parking for people with disabilities is provided on levels P1 and P3.
Museum Tours: For reservations and information, call 310-443-7041
The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center is operated by the University of California, Los Angeles. Occidental Petroleum Corporation has partially endowed the Museum and constructed the Occidental Petroleum Cultural Center Building, which houses the Museum.
New Hammer Project on view at the Hammer Museum, February 8 - July 13, 2004
February 5
Los Angeles, CA — In her first solo museum installation, acclaimed Los Angeles artist Pae White creates several works that transform the Hammer lobby. Her large scale, kaleidoscopic hanging pieces will be on display February 8 through July 13, 2004. Drawn from an abundance of art historical and pop cultural sources, Pae White’s cascading mobiles evoke everything from schools of fish to Impressionist paintings with their myriad marks. Pae White’s installation was organized by Hammer Projects curator James Elaine.
White describes this body of work as “an exploration of movement contained.” Like “a waterfall on pause,” the works are “a flurry of color and gentle movement, suspended for contemplation.” Made with brightly-colored cut paper strung on colored thread, the pieces respond to the slightest movement and define three-dimensional space while remaining fluid.
White’s largest piece, O R O S C O P O, 2003 appears to grow from the floor as much as it seems to descend from the ceiling. Illuminated against the midnight blue wall behind, hundreds of bright orange strings anchored by seemingly weightless layered paper disks descend from the ceiling over twenty feet above. These larger pieces are shown alongside delicate wire cages, which also hang from the ceiling, that hold colored, odd-shaped paper birds and media clippings. In addition to the hanging works, White painted spider web-like wall-paintings that seep out of the lobby’s corners like natural growth.
Pae White was born in 1963 in Pasadena, California. She works and lives in Los Angeles. She received her M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and her B.A. from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Recent solo exhibition venues include Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan; the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; greengrassi, London; and 1301PE, Los Angeles.
The Museum will host a gallery talk by the artist on Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 6 pm.
ABOUT HAMMER PROJECTS
Hammer Projects are a series of exhibitions that focus primarily on the work of emerging artists, and reflect the Museum’s commitment to contemporary art by providing international and local artists a laboratory-like environment to create new work, or to present existing work in a new context. Hammer Projects are made possible with support from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and members of the Hammer Circle.
HAMMER MUSEUM
Through its permanent collections, exhibitions, and programs, the Hammer Museum endeavors to illuminate the depth and diversity of artistic expression through the centuries up to the present moment. Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer in 1990, the Museum houses several collections of art: The Armand Hammer Collection of Old Master, Impressionist, and Post-Impressionist paintings, including important examples of work by Rembrandt van Rijn, John Singer Sargent, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Mary Cassatt; The Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection, featuring the painting, sculpture, and lithography of 19th-century French satirist Honoré Daumier and his contemporaries; and The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, contains over 45,000 works on paper, including prints, drawings, photographs, and artists’ books dating from the Renaissance to the present.
For more information about the Hammer Museum:
VOICE: 310-443-7000; TTY: 310-443-7094; WEB: www.hammer.ucla.edu
Museum Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 11am–7pm; Thursday, 11am–9pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm; closed Mondays, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Admission: $5 for adults; $3 for seniors (65+) and UCLA Alumni Association members; free for Museum members, students with identification, UCLA faculty/staff, and visitors 17 and under. Admission is free for everyone on Thursdays. Access for people with disabilities is provided.
Location/Parking: The Museum is located at 10899 Wilshire Boulevard. Parking is available under the Museum. Rates are $2.75 for the first two hours with Museum validation, $1.50 for each additional 20 minutes. There is a $3 flat rate after 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Parking for people with disabilities is provided on levels P1 and P3.
Museum Tours: For reservations and information, call 310-443-7041
The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center is operated by the University of California, Los Angeles. Occidental Petroleum Corporation has partially endowed the Museum and constructed the Occidental Petroleum Cultural Center Building, which houses the Museum.