KATIE PATERSON
Colour Field, 2016
C-print
43 1/4 x 102 1/4 in. (110 x 260)
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KATIE PATERSON
Totality, 2016
Mixed Media
32.7 in diameter (83 cm diameter)
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KATIE PATERSON
Timepieces (Solar System), 2014
Nine adapted clocks
17 11/16 x 17 11/16 x 3 11/16 in. each (45 x 45 x 9.5 cm)
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KATIE PATERSON
Candle (From Earth into a Black Hole), 2015
Paraffin wax and cotton wick
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KATIE PATERSON
Gravity released one unit at a time, 2015
Micro water jet cut sterling silver
Variable dimensions
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KATIE PATERSON
A reset button for the universe pressed only once, 2015
Micro water jet cut sterling silver
Variable dimensions
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KATIE PATERSON
A wave machine hidden inside the sea, 2015
Micro water jet cut sterling silver
Variable dimensions
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KATIE PATERSON
A place that exists only in moonlight, 2015
Micro water jet cut sterling silver
Variable dimensions
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KATIE PATERSON
The universe's lights switched off one by one, 2015
Micro water jet cut sterling silver
Variable dimensions
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KATIE PATERSON
Future Library (certificate), 2014
Two-sided foil block print on paper
16 1/2 x 11 11/16 in. (41.9 x 29.7 cm)
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KATIE PATERSON, Totality, 2016
OPENING EVENTS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
ARTIST TALK & BOOK SIGNING: 5-6 PM
RECEPTION: 6-8 PM
James Cohan is pleased to present the first solo presentation of work by Katie Paterson in New York and the artist’s largest exhibition of work to date in the United States. The show will be on view from September 16 through October 16, 2016 at the gallery’s Lower East Side location. On Sunday, September 18, the gallery will host an artist talk and book signing from 5-6 PM, followed by the opening reception from 6-8 PM, both open to the public.
For over a decade, Scottish conceptual artist Katie Paterson has looked to the natural world for inspiration in creating intimate and poetic artworks. Paterson treats her varied subjects – geology, ecology, astronomy, and the nature of time itself - with a scientific and profound curiosity. Paterson collaborates with specialists in different fields of study to conduct rigorous research and experimentation, emphasizing that art and science are not mutually exclusive ways of understanding the enormity of our world. The human understanding of infinite time and space looms large in Paterson’s practice and the works in this exhibition expose the relativity of our perceptions.