tension; sculpture + sketches

i really enjoyed this work. came across this artist on daily serving - great resource for contemporary art.

the artist's works sit in a strange spot between tense and placid. they're so simple and elegant. some work is on digital display now as part of the ratio3 gallery in san francisco.

Mitzi Pederson

Untitled, 2008

Cement and ribbon

Installation view

36 x 36 x 139 inches

Mitzi Pederson

Untitled, 2008

Wood and flitter

48 x 3.5 x 0.75 inches

Mitzi Pederson
Untitled, 2007
Graphite on mylar over paper
11 x 8.5 inches

currently, an exhibition titled; they knew what they wanted spreads across four galleries hosting numerous works curated by robert bechtle.

seth curcio of dailyserving says the following:

"the exhibition exists without many surprises or profound connections, but is interestingly interrupted through the work of sculptor mitzi peterson and the painter garth weiser. the inclusion of peterson and weiser complicates the exhibition through abstraction. these two artists’ work are reductive and formal, but continue to engage the greater exhibition in terms of both landscape and the mundane, adding new dimension to the exhibition and requiring the viewer to actually work to extract content through context." mmmmmmmm...

Mitzi Pederson
Untitled, 2009
Wood, silver leaf, string, and bells

127 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches