Ratio 3
1447 Stevenson St
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Ara Peterson, Turns Into Stone, 2009, Installation View, Courtesy Ratio 3, San Francisco
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Nov 6, 2009 – Dec 18, 2009
Wednesdays–Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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Ara Peterson brings together two bodies of work that both draw on memory and optical illusion to create the colorfully complex and layered pieces in Turns to Stone. The first, a three-year collaboration with his father, investigates patterns important in their family ancestry through the creation of a series of backgammon boards whose playing fields have been transformed into Op Art canvases. The second group of sculptures is the result of years of experimentation in organization of space and relief pattern. Throughout the exhibition, the piece's bright, contrasting colors create optical illusions of spatial complexity so that you never quite know what you're looking at.
