Brooks Salzwedel and Harvest Henderson
October 22nd through November 12th, 2006
Opening Reception: Saturday October 21st at 7pm
Black Maria Gallery announced the opening of a two-person show featuring the works of Harvest Henderson and Brooks Salzwedel at 7 PM on Saturday, October 21, 2006. The show runs until November 11, 2006.
Hidden/If You Listen Closely presents two distinct examinations of the ways in which industrialization and consumer culture have influenced the way we live and the way we see our world and ourselves. Brooks Salzwedel’s “Hidden” series draws attention to the increasingly blurred lines between city and country, nature and industry, beauty and blight. From his materials—toxic, chemical resins—to his subject matter—skyscrapers, factories, and oil derricks in natural settings—Salzwedel problematizes the relationship between the “natural,” “the good,” and the “beautiful.”
Harvest Henderson’s installation “If You Listen Closely” explores the personal implications of the consumerist impulse. In a world driven by the need to produce and consume, we express ourselves by means of the things we buy. Bits of “self” can be telegraphed by means of candy wrappers and the ephemera of our everyday lives.