Sarah Hotchkiss

Lot #34
Calibrated Wedge Design, 2021
Gouache on panel
18 x 24 x 1 inches
Courtesy of the artist

About the Artwork

Calibrated Wedge Design by Sarah Hotchkiss is based on a Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ test card used for calibration, alignment, and matching of cameras and camcorders. An image like this might have been seen before and after television programs in the days before 24-hour programming. Notes Hotchkiss, “I'm slightly tickled by the practice of hand-rendering a thing meant to help machines be more precise.” As viewers, we are invited to let its geometrical intersections and contrasts focus our attention in ways that today’s constant media stream cannot. Hotchkiss’s recent exhibitions include the solo show Sleuth at Friends Indeed, San Francisco; and group shows at Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco; and Cheymore Gallery, Tuxedo Park, New York. Her work has been featured in the San Francisco Arts Commission’s public art program. Hotchkiss is a recipient of the Dorothea & Leo Rabkin Foundation grant for arts journalism for her work as the senior associate editor of arts and culture at KQED, San Francisco’s NPR and PBS affiliate.

Retail Value: $3,000