Carrie Ann Plank
Matematisk
Intercession Round Series 1
27.5 diameter
Intercession Round Series 2
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Intercession Round Series 3
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Intercession Round Series 4
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Intercession Round Series 5
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Intercession Round Series 6
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Intercession Round Series 7
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Intercession Round Series 8
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Intercession Round Series 9
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Intercession Series 14
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Intercession Series 16
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Intercession Series 8
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Intercession Series 17
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Intercession Series 22
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Intercession Series 27
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Intercession Series 28
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Intercession Series 30
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Intercession Series 36
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Intercession Series 38
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Interference Confluence 26
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Interference Confluence 28
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Interference Confluence 9
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Pullulate Series 2 #4
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Pullulate Series 2 #6
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About the Exhibition
For our spring 2020 exhibition, Themes+Projects gallery presents Matematisk, new work by Carrie Ann Plank. This collection of works was initiated during a series of summer artist residencies in Europe and Scandinavia with inspiration stemming from Scandic design as well as the almost unending color and light of the midnight sun season.
Matematisk continues Plank’s focus with visual portrayals of information systems. Fascinated by how principal and equation can be visually rendered, Plank works with multiple layers of data visualization such as: mapping, numerical sequences, fractals, wave patterns, sound sources, magnetic field variations, and other systems of scientific observations. The resulting cacophony of these visual systems, may be organically or theoretically derived. The consequent mapping renders a dense, but minimal space, at once contemplative and energized.
Working in multiple mediums including painting, glass work, traditional and experimental printmaking techniques, and mixed media installation, Plank often employs emergent technologies to create matrices to work from, such as CNC routers and laser cutters. The amalgamation of technological assistance, and traditional hand skills, plays a large role in the work. Many pieces begin as digital rendering, which become the matrix by routing, cutting, or hand carving, while ink is hand mixed by eye and traditionally applied. This results in works that straddle the hand and digital spheres. Works do not fall easily within a specific realm, but encompass works on paper, mixed media pieces on panel, and site-specific installation pieces.
About the Artist
Carrie Ann Plank is a San Francisco based artist working in the mediums of installation, printmaking, painting, and glass. Plank’s work is included in many private and public collections including the Fine Art Archives of the Library of Congress, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the Guanlan Print Art Museum in China, and the Iraq National Library in Baghdad, as well as corporate collections such as Google and Genentech.
Recent and upcoming residencies include Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, Konstnärernas Kollektiva Grafikverkstad in Malmo, Sweden, Local Language, Oakland, CA, Edition/Basel: Printed in Cuba at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana in Havana, Cuba, the Íslensk Grafík in Reykjavik, Iceland, Edition/Basel: Printed in Basel at Druckwerk in Basel, Switzerland, Mullowney Printing in San Francisco, CA, Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Deer Isle, ME, and Bullseye Glass in Emeryville, CA.
Additionally, Plank has had a 20 year teaching career and most recently served as the Director of the Printmaking MFA & BFA Programs at the Academy of Art University before devoting herself solely to her art practice in 2018. She is active in the local arts community and sits on the of board of Root Division and the California Society of Printmakers.
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Tuesday March 17th, until further notice, Themes+Projects will closed to the public.
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Intercession Series 37
27x27 inches
Intercession Series 39
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Visual Art Source Press
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