Lindsey White — Matter of Fact, installation view, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, 2012
Exhibitions/2012/Matter of Fact

Matter of Fact

Lindsey White
Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco · December 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013

Through video, photography, and sculpture, Lindsey White models a type of sight gag index, working with the language of magic and comedy to challenge ordinary perceptions by presenting the unexpected and impossible. Like a good joke, her work pits cartoonish occurrence against the mundane physicality of everyday life.

The exhibition is populated by perfectly broken windows, flawless spills, Hollywood props, dance strobes, and levitating fastballs — an approachable entry point that initially masks the work's mischievousness and complexity. Both intimate and laughable, White's work exists in a world where life and art are clearly in slapstick harmony with one another.

Works in the exhibitionSeven works · click to enlarge
12 Cartoon Breaks
12 Cartoon Breaks
2012 · wood and black acrylic · 78 × 43.5 × 12.5 in
Strobes
Strobes
2012 · video · 36 seconds, loop
Edition of 5
The Comedian’s Stool
The Comedian’s Stool
2012 · stool, resin and acrylic · 37 × 48 × 48 in
Edition of 2
Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass
2012 · C-Print · 30.5 × 24.5 in framed
Edition of 5
Levitating Fastball
Levitating Fastball
2012 · C-Print · 24.5 × 16.5 in framed
Edition of 5
3 Color Method
3 Color Method
2012 · video · loop
Edition of 5
Spilled Shirt
Spilled Shirt
2012 · C-Print · 24.5 × 18 in framed
Edition of 5
Press
“The smirking ghost of Marcel Duchamp hovers benignly over … White’s show at Ridgway.”
Kenneth Baker · San Francisco Chronicle · 2013