Artist-in-Residence

Pae White

Pae White, S U M M E R X X (detail), 2012. Yarn. Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

Pae White has described her art-making in this way:

My practice has focused on an exploration of the neglected, the forgotten, the spaces between things, even the things between things. I am equally drawn to the temporary, the fleeting, to the ephemera of everyday life. My work has attempted to subvert the viewer’s expected relationship to an everyday object, nudging them off balance, encouraging a deeper look.

White created the installation titled S U M M E R X X during her FWM residency primarily using a simple material: a standard, red, craft store yarn. This project continued White’s interest in text-based work and super-graphic interventions; at FWM, the phrase along the museum wall, “HASTA LA MUERTE,” translates to “until death.” White saw this phrase graffitied near her East Los Angeles studio. During the installation, the yarn was woven from wall to wall and across the form of each letter. This act of suturing and pulling to create this ephemeral text in the space served as a way for White to dimensionalize the recent passing of an art mentor.

Artist Bio

Pae White (American, 1963)

Pae White studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (MFA, 1991), the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine (1990), and Scripps College in Claremont, California (BA, 1985). She has been featured in solo exhibitions at venues such as The Art Institute of Chicago (2011); Site Santa Fe, New Mexico (2011); The Power Plant, Toronto (2010); 1301PE, Los Angeles (2009); galleria francesca kaufmann, Milan (2008); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2007); and greengrassi, London (2007). White has presented major projects at Saarland Museum, Germany (2017); The Henry Art Museum, Seattle (2016); The Whitney Biennial, New York (2010); the 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy (2009); and Skulptur Projekte Muenster, Germany (2007). White’s work is held in such prominent public collections as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.