From the 20th Century

Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
17 November 2006 – 13 January 2007

Exhibition view lower gallery entrance — **Exhibition view**, lower gallery entrance

In the Weston Art Gallery’s downstairs space, From the 20th Century featured works that consider a number of 20th century cultural events including Marcel Duchamp’s invention of the “readymade” (1913), Albert Einstein’s “Theory of General Relativity” (1915), and the U.S. “Voting Rights Act” (1965). Upstairs, in the street-level gallery, three black stone monoliths (shadows) together with three white plaster copies (ghosts) materialized the question, “What is the object of sculpture now?” Different as these varied works at first appear, they all entertain notions of origin and temporality—of the past as legacy for the future and of a future already become the past.

**Western Union** (detail), 2006, enamel and latex paint, dimensions vary

**passage** (detail), 2006, printed brown paper and tape, 32 x 32 inches each sheet

station (detail) — **station,** 2000-2006, mixed media with found object and cast bronze copy, dimensions vary

Exhibition view upper lobby gallery — **Exhibition view**, upper lobby gallery

**shadows and ghosts: three ghosts,** 2003-2006, cast plaster and steel beams, dimensions vary

**shadows and ghosts: threshold,** 2003-2006, carved basalt and wood beams, 13 1/2 x 36 x 36 inches (stone sculpture)

shadows and ghosts (details) carved stone, cast plaster, steel and wood beams; dimensions vary — **shadows and ghosts** (details), carved basalt, cast plaster, steel and wood beams; dimensions vary