Exhibition

UBS 12 x 12: New Artists/New Work: Sumakshi Singh

Friday, Apr 02–Sunday, May 02, 2004

McCormick Tribune Gallery

A pink form holds a ring of yellows, blues and oranges on a white drywall piece

Sumakshi Singh, In the Shadow of the Pink (detail), 2003. Acrylic on polymer clay, tinted vaseline, scratches into wall surface, and nail; 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist.

Sumakshi Singh’s site-specific installations are microcosms of the tension between natural and built environments. Singh uses clay, copper wire, and paint, as well as living matter such as soil, plants, and mushrooms to create miniature forms that seem to grow from crevices and nail holes in the gallery walls, blurring the distinction between organic and synthetic.

Funding

Sponsored by UBS

Additional support provided by Dana and Andrew Hirt.