#pae white

[parashoot]

[perksofboho]

Pae White - Robyn, Alastair (2023)

Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition

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Pae White - fleurs noir (2025)

Glazed ceramic with PVD

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Pae White - Darin, Karen (2023)

Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition

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Pae White - parttime (2023)

Ceramic with PVD with wood hands

[gregdotorg]

just a couple of things i'm seeing and hearing:

1970s Michael Heizer waving his sandblasting gun around to make Sandblasted Etched Glass Window: 2003 Pae White pouring solvent on sheets of Plexiglas to make Ghost and Host, among others; and 1970s Warhol and friends pissing on the canvas on the floor to make his oxidation paintings

[oktna]

[onthefirstpage]

“Pae White designed the stage curtain MetaFoil (2008) for the auditorium of the Oslo Opera House. When seen against the dark, timbered walls of the auditorium, designed by the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, this curtain, composed in different shades of gray, changes fantastically. Seen and touched up close, the fabric is flat. But when activated by the light of the auditorium, and perceived from a spectatorial position, the bidimensional plane of the textile is transformed into a plastic, three-dimensional material. 

The effect is made possible by a digital twist to traditional forms of weaving: White worked with digital images of aluminum foil and transferred them to a computer-driven loom. The resulting metalilic fabric has the texture of tapestry, and this “feel” of the fabric becomes enhanced by luminous effects. The stage curtain creates an actual foil when lit, offering the illusion of depth and the sensation of volume.”

-- Giuliana Bruno, Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media