USA
Pae White (b. 1963) is an American visual artist. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She attained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Scripps College in 1985. In 1990 she studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 1991 she attained a Masters of Fine Art from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Important Exhibitions: Virgil Marti and Pae White, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2007)；Venice Biennale (2009)；Whitney Biennial (2010)；Sumer XX, The Fabric Workshop and Museum(2012)；Too Much Night, Again, South London Gallery (2013)；Special No. 127, neugerriemschnedier (2014)
Through installations and independent works combined with art, design, handcraft and architecture in specific places, Pae White uses threads and blankets to reconstruct our expectations towards different crafts and media. In her tapestry series works, she amplifies infinitely those tiny images in our daily life, such as wrappers of lollipop and insubstantial smokes. By weaving, these works realize the amplification of images. Full of the sense of wrapping, these tapestries are placed in the exhibition hall, exchanging the overall experience and relationship between audiences and the original materials. The objects she chooses always become blurred after amplifying. In her words, it is to “confuse the vision and feeling of visitors.”
To amplify images through weaving can be also regarded as a way to amplify concepts, whereby we may gain an insight into the deep curiosity of artists towards their materials. Meanwhile, Pae White never hides her dependence on craftsmen, including simple tools, uncontrollable details and all possibilities in her works. She also constantly mentions that her creation actually steps over the boundary of design and art.
Small and big, clear and blurred – these two pairs of antonyms are always seen in the creative concepts of artists. She believes that the most interesting part of creation is to develop a huge world from an individual and micro perspective, or, on the contrary, to develop a small world from an inclusive perspective.
