Placing Color: Winona State University

Painting, the simple means of placing color on a flat surface, is extraordinary in its ability to transport us from the context of our daily existence to new places - complete, vibrant worlds within the boundaries of the rectangle. Beyond its traditional role as a place of illusion, the painted surface itself is a location, a destination defined by the artist's actions upon it.

Placing Color is an exhibition that explores painting as both a place of action and a destination. The exhibition presents paintings by three artists: Brett Baker, Kayla Mohammadi , and Carrie Patterson. Seen together their intensely individual approaches create places that are both intimate and immense, unified by a sensitivity to the means of painting – touch and color.

Winona State University is the fifth and final venue for Placing Color.