Kaleidoscope Drawings March 1, 2013

ROOT DIVISION at ODC PRESENTS:


Kaleidoscope Drawings
Nicholas Price at ODC
February 1 – April 30, 2013
Artist Reception: Friday, March 1st, 6-7:30 pm
ODC Theater Lobby | 3153 17th Street, SF CA 94110

Root Division is thrilled to partner with our neighbors at ODC by curating the theater lobby with the work of our Studio Artists and Affiliates. This season, we present the work of current Studio Artist Nicholas Price. Price’s large scale Kaleidoscope Drawings, incorporate drawing, and digital media to create works that play with mirroring, pattern, and perception.

Price’s hand rendered, geometric, pen and ink sketches, are transformed through digital collage processes into larger more fully realized artworks. Pieces of the original drawing are broken up and rearranged digitally during the process using mirroring. The transformation of the line drawing expands sixty times it’s original size, and deconstructs the original sketch in such a way that though every mark originated from its form, the actual sketch does not exist in the finished work. Patterns emerge out of the center of the artwork, and evolve as the viewer moves around each print, shifting perceptions and actively engaging ideas of repetition, pattern and process.

Artist Reception: Friday, March 1st, 6-7:30 pm in the ODC Theater Lobby
Exhibition Dates: February 1 – April 30, 2013
Gallery Hours: by appointment, contact events@rootdivision.org

ODC Theater Lobby
3153 17th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94110

ROOT DIVISION
3175 17th Street (between South Van Ness & Shotwell)
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.rootdivision.org
415.863.7668
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ABOUT ROOT DIVISION:

Root Division is a visual arts non-profit located in the Mission District of San Francisco. Root Division's mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration and community participation. We provide subsidized studio space to working artists in exchange for their service in creating shared learning opportunities for the community. Artists develop creatively and professionally by teaching art to underserved youth, leading adult education classes, and producing exhibitions that showcase local emerging artwork. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area.

Root Division is supported in part by grants from the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission: Cultural Equity Grants, Grants for the Arts: San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Phyliis C. Wattis Foundation, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, W A Gerbode Foundation, and Bill Graham Memorial Fund.

For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Amy Cancelmo at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org