before one's eyes

Merrell Eve Gerber, Margaret Lawther, and Tessa Windt

June 4-26 

In questioning the relationship between seeing and the work of art, a space for reflection opens where the mind of the artist and the mind of the viewer can meet. The site of this meeting is the concern of these three diverse artists, who use different means to create a sense of space, a gap in our "normal," culturally conditioned view. "The works of photographer Margaret Lawther and sculptors Merrell Eve Gerber and Tessa Windt were not curated according to any thematic or stylistic similarities. This lack of interpretive direction offers viewers the opportunity to take an active, creative role in building relationships both with and between each piece. before one's eyes conjures a place inside each of us where we can understand one of the important roles that art plays in this society, that of magician."