Candela Gallery is excited to mount its first solo show by Washington, DC-based artist, Caitlin Teal Price. Through photography and deliberate, delicate mark-making, Price carves gestural patterns and shapes into the surface of her prints. Built on photographs of sunlight, seeping through the windows of her home, these Scratch Drawings are an exploration of the ritual and routine found in the undercurrents of Price's daily life.
The thousands of marks found on Price's light reflections reference photographs of the everyday taken by Price herself as well others, including Lee Friedlander and Robert Frank. After several months of laborious mark-making with an x-acto blade, Price's large-scale works transcend to abstract scenes of playful figures and gestural landscapes, manifesting and exploring themes of motherhood and the quotidian. Scratch Drawings will open Friday, November 5th, from 5-8 pm. The exhibition will be on view through December 21st, 2021. Featured works will also be included in a printed catalog published by Candela Books.
Untitled (Orbit) , 2021, 22.5 x 30, X-acto blade etching on photographic pigment print