Slab

Curated by Bill Conger

March 4 - April 9, 2003

Artists: Bill Davenport, Won Ju Lim, Duncan MacKenzie, Scott Richter, Mindy Schwartz, and Yuken Teruya

Referencing real and imagined environments, the artists in slab present both natural and human-altered topographies as if they were cadavers awaiting dissection. These artists deal uniquely with contemporary landscape, positioning detailed environmental slices on horizontal sculptural supports. Embracing diorama and hobby miniaturist techniques, their fetishistic obsession with materials like gooey resins, finely milled plywood, translucent plastics, and foam foliage humorously transforms natural vistas into stage-like environments that reconfigure the concept of the sublime landscape.