Architecture of Light + Color
A two-person exhibition of works by pale blaze and Stephen Singer
Produced by Ivan Iannoli.
May 3 - June 21, 2025
Opening reception, May 3, 6-8pm
Gallery 107 @ Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota Street Project, SF CA 94107
Gallery 107 at Minnesota Street Project is thrilled to announce “Architecture of Light and Color” a 2-person exhibition by artists pale blaze and Stephen Singer. Through shared passions, but differing approaches, the works in this exhibition represent explorations of an intricate play between light, perception, color and other elemental components of our visual experience. Through complementary practices, both artists share an abiding interest in the visual phenomena within the natural world and how that shapes our perceptions, indeed our sense of the order in the world and a commitment to revealing the layers of meaning embedded in our visual experiences.
pale blaze’s sculptures emerge from a scientific and architectural approach to art-making. Utilizing translucent acrylic resin to explore the dynamics of light, each piece functions as an optical phenomenon when interacting with the elements, reflecting and refracting color in ways that challenge conventional perception. pale blaze’s work does not merely exist in space; it interacts with its environment, creating shifting visual narratives that encourages contemplation and awareness of materiality and light.
Stephen Singer’s art practice is in a long-standing conversation with painting’s history. Stephen’s work is organized around the concept of the frame as an organizing tool for achieving a formalized understanding of our surroundings. By focusing on the boundaries that define space and facilitate illusion—be they windows, canvases, or screens—Singer prompts viewers to consider how even simple delineations of shape, color and light can dramatically enhance our sense of space and experience. His layered inquiry into mark-making and color selection reinforces the idea that each creative choice carries weight within the larger conversation about vision and perceptual interpretation.
Together, pale blaze and Singer present a dialogue between material, illusion, and vision, one that emphasizes sensation over resolution, and underscores the significance of not only light or form, but also of play and curiosity in shaping our aesthetic engagements. This exhibition provides one small opportunity to reconsider, or reaffirm, our relationship to visual phenomena in art.
pale blaze is the nom de plume of German-born artist and scientist Patricia Buse. She received her BA in Biology from Kenyon College including a year at NYU. Buse earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from UC Berkeley and an MBA in International Management from Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Her work included IBM Germany, Fuji Xerox, Japan and Genencor, South San Francisco. She lives and works in Sonoma, San Francisco and Rome.
Stephen Singer is a wine and olive oil grower based in Sebastopol, CA. He has been an active painter for over 50 years. Singer earned a BFA in painting from San Francisco Art Institute and completed a BA in Modern Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. He was born in Oklahoma.
This is pale blaze’s and Singer’s first joint show and we are pleased to exhibit at Minnesota Street Project.
For more information, please email info@gallery107.art
Please visit:
gallery107.art
paleblaze.com
stephensingerart.com
Architecture of Light + Color
A two-person exhibition of works by pale blaze and Stephen Singer
Produced by Ivan Iannoli.
May 3 - June 21, 2025
Opening reception, May 3, 6-8pm
Gallery 107 @ Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota Street Project, SF CA 94107
Gallery 107 at Minnesota Street Project is thrilled to announce “Architecture of Light and Color” a 2-person exhibition by artists pale blaze and Stephen Singer. Through shared passions, but differing approaches, the works in this exhibition represent explorations of an intricate play between light, perception, color and other elemental components of our visual experience. Through complementary practices, both artists share an abiding interest in the visual phenomena within the natural world and how that shapes our perceptions, indeed our sense of the order in the world and a commitment to revealing the layers of meaning embedded in our visual experiences.
pale blaze’s sculptures emerge from a scientific and architectural approach to art-making. Utilizing translucent acrylic resin to explore the dynamics of light, each piece functions as an optical phenomenon when interacting with the elements, reflecting and refracting color in ways that challenge conventional perception. pale blaze’s work does not merely exist in space; it interacts with its environment, creating shifting visual narratives that encourages contemplation and awareness of materiality and light.
Stephen Singer’s art practice is in a long-standing conversation with painting’s history. Stephen’s work is organized around the concept of the frame as an organizing tool for achieving a formalized understanding of our surroundings. By focusing on the boundaries that define space and facilitate illusion—be they windows, canvases, or screens—Singer prompts viewers to consider how even simple delineations of shape, color and light can dramatically enhance our sense of space and experience. His layered inquiry into mark-making and color selection reinforces the idea that each creative choice carries weight within the larger conversation about vision and perceptual interpretation.
Together, pale blaze and Singer present a dialogue between material, illusion, and vision, one that emphasizes sensation over resolution, and underscores the significance of not only light or form, but also of play and curiosity in shaping our aesthetic engagements. This exhibition provides one small opportunity to reconsider, or reaffirm, our relationship to visual phenomena in art.
pale blaze is the nom de plume of German-born artist and scientist Patricia Buse. She received her BA in Biology from Kenyon College including a year at NYU. Buse earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from UC Berkeley and an MBA in International Management from Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Her work included IBM Germany, Fuji Xerox, Japan and Genencor, South San Francisco. She lives and works in Sonoma, San Francisco and Rome.
Stephen Singer is a wine and olive oil grower based in Sebastopol, CA. He has been an active painter for over 50 years. Singer earned a BFA in painting from San Francisco Art Institute and completed a BA in Modern Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. He was born in Oklahoma.
This is pale blaze’s and Singer’s first joint show and we are pleased to exhibit at Minnesota Street Project.
For more information, please email info@gallery107.art
Please visit:
gallery107.art
paleblaze.com
stephensingerart.com
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