For Mutation, Chris Frost has created sculptures based on an exploration of traditional Chinese Scholar’s Rocks. Scholar’s Rocks are elaborate naturally formed stones and are viewed as reflections of the natural world: contemplative and balanced. Frost’s pieces emerge from these aesthetics and infuse characteristics of contemporary environments. With color, text, scale and a myriad of material clashing together, these artworks are the ancient and the current bumping and bursting, mashed into one.
Laura Evans’ pale sculptural drawings create interior volumes that are delineated by web- like interconnected lines. In The Aching Web, Evans has built soaring and twisted forms into a large gallery installation. The lines express a fluidity as well as an awkward geometry. The artist collects dead branches in her neighbor- hood and coats them with AquaResin. Knobby joints made with Apoxie Sculpt become stars in a constellation, hubs in a child’s assembled Tinker-Toy set or neuron centers. The exhibition also includes stand-alone pieces.