RULE Gallery is pleased to present Richard Kallweit: Early Works, a solo exhibition of Kallweit's mathematical-based paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced during the 1970s and 1980s. A public reception will be held on Thursday, June 1, from 6-8pm at the gallery located at 808 Santa Fe Drive in Denver and will be on view through July 29, 2023.

Richard Kallweit emerged from a small, pioneering generation of counter-culture artists associated with the establishment of Drop City; the first noted artist-run community in the US, founded in Trinidad, CO, in the mid-'60s. Inspired by the architectural ideas of Buckminster Fuller, 'Droppers' constructed rudimentary domes and zonahedra as live spaces using geometric panels and worked synergistically to create experimental artistic innovation. It was during this time that Kallweit's early fascination and engagement with structure, mathematics, and pattern-based art progressed into a lifelong examination of the profound relationships between mathematics and visual art.

'Early Works' investigates the arrangement of space units, highlighting mathematical concepts such as cubic packing, fractals, tessellations, symmetry, and growth patterns. These ideas serve as the foundation for Kallweit's work, incorporating established mathematical principles as well as artists' own original concepts. The exhibition invites viewers to consider the profound interconnections between mathematics, visual art, and the natural world and showcases Kallweit's lifelong dedication to uncovering the attraction and complexity inherent in both disciplines.