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<em>Luminium</em>, 2023<br>Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel<br>73 x 73 x 5 inches / 185.4 x 185.4 x 12.7 cm

<em>I am cyan</em>, 2023<br>Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel<br>48 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 3 inches / 123.2 x 123.2 x 7.6 cm

<em>blue you</em>, 2023<br>Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel<br>43 x 43 x 4 inches / 109.2 x 109.2 x 10.2 cm

<em>platonic</em>, 2023<br>Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel<br>43 x 43 x 4 inches / 109.2 x 109.2 x 10.2 cm

<em>RUBEDO JUBILEE</em>, 2021<br>Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel<br>97 x 73 x 5 inches / 246.4 x 185.4 x 12.7 cm

<em>Kevin, Shirley, Julius, Andrew, Venus, Frankie, Marc, Priscilla, Ruby, Tish, Lisa, Bernadette, Waldo, Daisy, Candy, Pierre, Paula, Calvin</em>, 2023<br>Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal<br>100 x 16 x 16 inches / 254 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm

<em>Langston, Bertha, Solomon, Miguel, Stefan, Flo, Barnaby, Oswald, Esther</em>, 2023<br>Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal<br>37 1/2 x 26 x 26 inches / 95.3 x 66 x 66 cm

<em>Tom, Forrest, Justin, Bonnie, Kesha, Clem, Roscoe, Esperanza, Maple, Carmen, Astrid</em>, 2023<br>Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal<br>76 x 15 x 13 inches / 193 x 38.1 x 33 cm

<em>Osiris, McKenna</em>, 2023<br>Dichroic glazing on ceramic<br>24 x 24 x 3 3/4 inches / 61 x 61 x 9.5 cm

<em>Peaclock</em>, 2023<br>Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic, tiger wood veneer and clock hardware<br>22 x 22 x 1 1/2 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm

<em>doing done</em>, 2022<br>Cotton, polyester and Trevira<br>104 1/2 x 106 1/2 inches / 265.43 x 270.51 cm<br>detail

<em>Tule trails</em>, 2022<br>Cotton, polyester and Trevira<br>105 x 107 inches / 266.7 x 271.8 cm<br>detail

<em>Night Flowers</em>, 2022<br>Cotton, polyester and Trevira<br>106 x 105 inches / 269.24 x 266.7 cm<br>detail

<em>Broken Rain</em>, 2022<br>Cotton, polyester and Trevira<br>107 x 109 inches / 271.8 x 276.9 cm<br>detail

<em>Day Flowers</em>, 2022<br>Cotton, polyester and Trevira<br>106 1/2 x 103 1/2 inches / 270.51 cm x 262.89 cm<br>detail

<em>chief with blushes</em>, 2023<br>Sinnamay, acrylic, string, crab shells, spackle and wood<br>31 x 31 x 2 inches / 78.7 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm

<em>xenic</em>, 2023<br>Sinnamay, acrylic, string, and wood<br>24 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 2 inches / 62.9 x 62.9 x 5.1 cm

<em>notions</em>, 2023<br>Sinnamay, acrylic, string, crab shell, and wood<br>25 x 25 x 1 3/4 inches / 63.5 x 63.5 x 4.4 cm

<em>rainbow for sale</em>, 2022<br>Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic<br>22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

<em>fictional place</em>, 2022<br>Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic<br>22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

<em>Red dust on blue leaves</em>, 2023<br>Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic<br>22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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January 13-February 25, 2023

Jessica Silverman is excited to host a solo exhibition by Pae White, titled “Slow Winter Sun.” Opening on January 13, 2023, the show will include new tapestries, paper-clay paintings, and ceramic works. Through her three-decade career, the Californian artist has enjoyed numerous institutional shows, public art projects, and commissions. Her work is collected by museums around the world. White has joined the Jessica Silverman gallery roster.

White coaxes magic from humble materials, transforming clay, paper and yarn into gracious, otherworldly objects. Central to her practice is the influence of her life in California—from the thriving studio craft movement of Pasadena where she was brought up to the coastal ecology and erudite design of Sea Ranch.

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Luminium, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
73 x 73 x 5 inches / 185.4 x 185.4 x 12.7 cm

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I am cyan, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
48 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 3 inches / 123.2 x 123.2 x 7.6 cm

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blue you, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
43 x 43 x 4 inches / 109.2 x 109.2 x 10.2 cm

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platonic, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
43 x 43 x 4 inches / 109.2 x 109.2 x 10.2 cm

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I am cyan, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
48 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 3 inches / 123.2 x 123.2 x 7.6 cm

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blue you, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
43 x 43 x 4 inches / 109.2 x 109.2 x 10.2 cm

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platonic, 2023
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
43 x 43 x 4 inches / 109.2 x 109.2 x 10.2 cm

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The show will also feature paper-clay paintings with ornately textured facades inspired by weaving. The 8x6 foot highly saturated painted surface of RUBEDO JUBILEE looks like red satin-velvet, molded over a complex bas-relief pattern of alphabetical letters and shapes.

RUBEDO JUBILEE, 2021
Automotive paint and paper clay on wood panel
97 x 73 x 5 inches / 246.4 x 185.4 x 12.7 cm

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Transformation is further explored in White’s “Undoing Done” sculptures of ceramic serpentine forms climbing and descending wooden columns. Using her signature glazing process (a PVD vacuum chamber with extreme pressure and temperature), the artist creates a gemstone-like surface that shifts in color as the viewer moves around the work. Using this process, White has also made, for the first time, two functional ceramic clocks.

Kevin, Shirley, Julius, Andrew, Venus, Frankie, Marc, Priscilla, Ruby, Tish, Lisa, Bernadette, Waldo, Daisy, Candy, Pierre, Paula, Calvin, 2023
Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal
100 x 16 x 16 inches / 254 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm

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Langston, Bertha, Solomon, Miguel, Stefan, Flo, Barnaby, Oswald, Esther, 2023
Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal
37 1/2 x 26 x 26 inches / 95.3 x 66 x 66 cm

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Tom, Forrest, Justin, Bonnie, Kesha, Clem, Roscoe, Esperanza, Maple, Carmen, Astrid, 2023
Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal
76 x 15 x 13 inches / 193 x 38.1 x 33 cm

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Langston, Bertha, Solomon, Miguel, Stefan, Flo, Barnaby, Oswald, Esther, 2023
Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal
37 1/2 x 26 x 26 inches / 95.3 x 66 x 66 cm

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Tom, Forrest, Justin, Bonnie, Kesha, Clem, Roscoe, Esperanza, Maple, Carmen, Astrid, 2023
Glazed ceramic with particle vapor deposition and walnut pedestal
76 x 15 x 13 inches / 193 x 38.1 x 33 cm

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Osiris, McKenna, 2023
Dichroic glazing on ceramic
24 x 24 x 3 3/4 inches / 61 x 61 x 9.5 cm

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Peaclock, 2023
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic, tiger wood veneer and clock hardware
22 x 22 x 1 1/2 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm

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doing done, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
104 1/2 x 106 1/2 inches / 265.43 x 270.51 cm
detail

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Tule trails, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
105 x 107 inches / 266.7 x 271.8 cm
detail

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The artist’s interest in the tension between the handmade and advanced industrial processes is evident in five large-scale tapestries. Using cashmere, cotton and metallic threads, White creates lustrous surfaces that celebrate nature’s fleeting temporality. Embroidered motifs including rain clouds, trees, fireflies, and snails draw out a dialogue between the wandering wild and the regimented machine. As White explains, “a Jacquard loom is a beast of an industrial machine. I love denying what it does, removing the repetition, and transforming its mindless speed into an intentional, thoughtful result.”

Night Flowers, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
106 x 105 inches / 269.24 x 266.7 cm
detail

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Broken Rain, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
107 x 109 inches / 271.8 x 276.9 cm
detail

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Day Flowers, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
106 1/2 x 103 1/2 inches / 270.51 cm x 262.89 cm
detail

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Night Flowers, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
106 x 105 inches / 269.24 x 266.7 cm
detail

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Broken Rain, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
107 x 109 inches / 271.8 x 276.9 cm
detail

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Day Flowers, 2022
Cotton, polyester and Trevira
106 1/2 x 103 1/2 inches / 270.51 cm x 262.89 cm
detail

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chief with blushes, 2023
Sinnamay, acrylic, string, crab shells, spackle and wood
31 x 31 x 2 inches / 78.7 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm

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xenic, 2023
Sinnamay, acrylic, string, and wood
24 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 2 inches / 62.9 x 62.9 x 5.1 cm

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notions, 2023
Sinnamay, acrylic, string, crab shell, and wood
25 x 25 x 1 3/4 inches / 63.5 x 63.5 x 4.4 cm

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chief with blushes, 2023
Sinnamay, acrylic, string, crab shells, spackle and wood
31 x 31 x 2 inches / 78.7 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm

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xenic, 2023
Sinnamay, acrylic, string, and wood
24 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 2 inches / 62.9 x 62.9 x 5.1 cm

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notions, 2023
Sinnamay, acrylic, string, crab shell, and wood
25 x 25 x 1 3/4 inches / 63.5 x 63.5 x 4.4 cm

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White’s inventive art explores metamorphosis with a droll trompe l’oeil sensibility that merges a grounded sense of nature with a whimsical aptitude for cosmic experimentation.

rainbow for sale, 2022
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic
22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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fictional place, 2022
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic
22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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Red dust on blue leaves, 2023
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic
22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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rainbow for sale, 2022
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic
22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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fictional place, 2022
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic
22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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Red dust on blue leaves, 2023
Dichroic coating on glazed ceramic
22 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches / 55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm

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ARTIST BIO

Pae White (b. 1963, Pasadena, CA) received her MFA from Art Center College of Design and BA from Scripps College. She has enjoyed solo exhibitions at museums and other public institutions, including: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia; SITE, Santa Fe; Art Institute of Chicago; The Power Plant, Toronto; St. Louis Art Museum, MO; STPI, Singapore; Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken; MAK, Vienna; 53rd Venice Biennale; and Skulpturprojekte, Münster, among others. Her numerous commissions include major projects at the Oslo Opera House, Norway; Los Angeles International Airport; San José Museum of Art, CA; Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL; Swiss Re Klubhaus, Zurich; Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice; Bloomberg International Headquarters, London; and Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. White lives and works in Los Angeles. Pae White is represented by greengrassi, London; Jessica Silverman, San Francisco; kaufmann repetto, Milan; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; and 1301 PE, Los Angeles.