Sommerhauser and Barrick Staff will discuss drawing, physics, and the methods and tools that are used in Sommerhauser's studio. These methods and tools can be related across disciplines, from art, to math, and to language itself. Experience a redefinition of how the pencil has been used historically and how a drawing is made. A video of the process used to create his drawing "Arch" will be on view in the Barrick's lobby. Audience members are encouraged to participate. 

The Los Angeles artist forces viewers to ask ridiculously simple questions, such as "What is this?" and "What kind of space am I looking at?" Shapes and lines lock in bad relationships, color squeezes into (and out of) unexpected situations, and ambiguous titles broadcast multiple meanings. In other words, these clumsy, uncomfortable, unresolved paintings are mysteriously unforgettable. They got under my skin