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1301PE is pleased to announce its second exhibition with internationally renowned artist Uta Barth. Since the early 1990ʼs, Barth has made visual perception the primary content of her work. The Ground and Field series brought her to international attention and this attention has continued as each of the following projects presented observations about human perception in ever changing ways. Unlike most photography, which seeks out a central subject, Barth has made what she calls “the choice of no choice” and confined her practice to the ambient, the peripheral, incidental and ephemeral. Her images trace light, time and optical afterimages and they aim to ask us to become invested and conscious of our own perceptual awareness. |
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“Unlike all previous work, she no longer is merely the observer, but here she interacts with the scene.”
Uta Barth, “…and to draw a bright white line with light (Untitled 11.2),” 2011. Inkjet prints face-mounted against matte acrylic, framed in painted aluminum frames, 38 x 114 3/4 in.
Uta Barth at 1301PE Gallery
1301PE
1301PE is pleased to announce its second exhibition with internationally renowned artist Uta Barth. Since the early 1990ʼs, Barth has made visual perception the primary content of her work. The Ground and Field series brought her to international attention and this attention has continued as each of the following projects presented observations about human perception in ever changing ways. Unlike most photography, which seeks out a central subject, Barth has made what she calls “the choice of no choice” and confined her practice to the ambient, the peripheral, incidental and ephemeral. Her images trace light, time and optical afterimages and they aim to ask us to become invested and conscious of our own perceptual awareness.
For this exhibition Barth will show a body of work commissioned this year by The Art Institute of Chicago, titled “… and to draw a bright white line with light.” Unlike all previous work, she no longer is merely the observer, but here she interacts with the scene. The word “photography” translates as “drawing or writing with light”. Barth does precisely that as she draws the curtain in order to manipulate the growing line of sunlight into various configurations, thereby transforming a simple observation into a complex photographic project, describing perception, light and the passage of time.
Uta Barth
Sept – Oct 2011
1301PE Gallery
6150 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA, 90048
