Sarah Langsam

"Strung"

steel & fabric

Brandan Henry

Divination Tray, 32' Hand carved cedar

                                                     Mother and Child Inevitably Dead
                                                       Paper, masking tape and marble

Juan Otalvaro

Chris Keiper

Chris Keiper

"Puzzle Piece"
steel, soil, and sod
6' 7"x 5' x 8"

Mike Gates

Video

Rooted

Mike Gates

Spanish Cedar, steel cord, mulch, light, moisture

This piece is about the disjointed relationship between Man and Nature. We go to the lumber yard, pick up our pre-cut wood and go to town. Do we ever think much about the tree or bush the lumber was cut from?

Using a piece of quarter sawn lumber suspended on a wall, I wanted to cast a shadow of where the piece of lumber came from, and show its previous life as a once living object. The shadow form was constructed using brown and black dyed mulch.

Andrew Jacob

Andrew Jacob

Conjunction

Steel, Polystyrene and fabric for padding

2011

Two masks are juxtaposed and conjoined into a form of a helmet: one face that has absolutely no expression (a blank face) with another that illustrates a quizzical and absurd face.

What expressions will people make when they see one mask versus the other? The idea of this piece is to make a limitation on how much the user can see in comparison to how much the viewer is able to see. The blank face is in the front and the other in the back. The user is only able to see the faces of the viewer from the front, but has no knowledge of what their expressions are when they are looking from the back.

Kevin Bielicki

Kevin Bielicki
2011
wood and fiberglass
78" x 52" x 54"

In this work I used as a cross cut of a tree. I expanded upon the idea of the rings of the tree that represent the trees History. I brought the History of the tree into space by cutting out the tree rings and restacking them to create a solide volume. I used fiberglass mat and resin to reinforce the inner walls of the tree. The glass fibers took on the feel of wood fibers. The fibers locked the rings in place as well as expands upon the concept as the rings being stretched and pulled apart in space. The resin created a sap color that contrasts the outside. The outside also contrasted the interior with the saw marks and glue left from my process off cutting and rejoining the wood. The Exterior that can be read from the small ring to the large is a look into my process of creating this work. In reverse looking at the sculpture from the interior(above image) reflects my carving of the HIstory of the tree going from large to small to get to the oringial ring of the tree.

KevinBielicki.com

Matthew Amey

"A glass of water" 
 2011
Metal, glass and water
9.5' x 1' x 1'

The glass, filled with fresh water, is just out of arms reach and creates a sense of longing for a cool, refreshing drink. Without water we would not survive and this piece represents our limited supply of fresh water. By placing the glass high above the viewer they immediately assume a pose which suggests reverence for what is upon the pedestal. Seeing the un-reachable glass of water gives the viewer a sense of wanting what they can not have (or reach).

Melissa Carr

Identity Loss

2011

Foam and silver gelatin photographic prints

a collaboration with Tia Fay

http://melcarr.carbonmade.com/

Samantha Mancuso

Samantha Mancuso

Chance

2011

Glass bottles, wood, found window, latex based house paints

Samantha Mancuso

Spīthra

2011

Acrylic yarn, newspaper, plastic wrap

Spīthra was inspired by the idea of nests and eggs; specifically the eggs of spiders. The yarn is used as an allusion to the spider’s webbing, while the partially exposed plastic wrap and newspaper bases give mention to an embryo like substance that could be found inside these eggs. There is also an underlying theme dealing with the housewife and the stereotypical activities she may partake in in her free time.

Shannon Tomanovich

Unrest
2011
Charred wood, steel, vinyl, cellophane, live models and Egyptian Belly-dancing music.
88" x 56" x 99"

Unrest is a jumbled stage of fears. It forms a distorted shape to the viewer and a disorienting environment for the performer. Each element represents a component of various fears. Some regard dangers of sex, drugs, rock & roll, natural disasters, foreign affairs, war, isolation, confinement, loss, rebellion and an overall misunderstanding of surroundings.

The performer is told to dance, carefully so as not to break the thin container. I set something into action and let it go without me, like a computer without virus protection. I find humor in how beautiful this piece is in action. Because everything about Unrest is based on fear, and the people inside are just dancng. When a person moves inside they are diffused but on display. They cannot see the reactions by people outside. To me, watchingt them feels like managing to grow a willow tree in the salt flats. And It is too beautiful to last.

Tia Fay

Identity Loss

Foam and silver gelatin photographic prints

Dimensions variable

Kyle Hackett

A Self-History of Identification

11.25 x 9 x 4 in
Layers of scarred Plexiglass, HDR photograph, scratches, dust, wood, bolts
2011
kylehackettstudio.com

I explore issues of personal identity. While treating each layer of Plexiglass as trapped in history, I create a self-portrait using high dynamic range photography. Considering each layer a unique component of my personal history, I use various opacities, throughout thirteen layers, to create a subtle but yet distorted journey though space. The layers beneath the surface trap dust, scratches and become ambiguous; however, each layer plays and important role in creating the final image.

Elizabeth Lang

Framing & Constructing Conversation

Rubber, Fabric, Wood
Heads 6"x8"
Wood 12"24"

Elizabeth Lang

Upper Lip
Steel Wool
70"

How many people do you know have a mustache?,
Will you realize at first glance if they shaved it off?

Mustaches are often so much a part of a face that they often go unnoticed. It seems that when removed from the face and juxtaposed to a blank wall the mustache becomes an unusual decoration or odd point of interest. Taken out of it's nature habitat the mustache can now be revered for it's major role in historical and contemporary styles, adorning the faces of many distinguished and or unruly characters, a mark of identity.