August 24 - October 19, 2012

An Inventory of Absence

Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg (Milwaukee, WI)

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An Inventory of Absence
An Inventory of Absence (detail)

An Inventory of Absence (detail)  Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg | 2012 | mixed media | courtesy of the artists

An Inventory of Absence (detail)

An Inventory of Absence (detail)  Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg | 2012 | mixed media | courtesy of the artists

An Inventory of Absence (detail)  Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg | 2012 | mixed media | courtesy of the artists

An Inventory of Absence (detail)

An Inventory of Absence (detail)  Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg | 2012 | mixed media | courtesy of the artists

Photo Catalogue

SPACES welcomes collaborators Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, who will use the structure of SPACES itself to examine the archetype of an art gallery as a collection of architectural techniques that work to negate its own space.

SPACES is not named after the lumber and masonry that make up its structure, but for the void it contains. With white walls and minimal furnishings, the art gallery seeks to disappear in order to isolate and amplify the work it exhibits, yet its physical structure is always present. In "An Inventory of Absence" Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg examine the archetype of the art gallery, referencing techniques of architectural representation to deconstruct and re-contextualize our experience of space, revealing the void as a compelling yet unattainable ideal.

About the Artist

Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg

Milwaukee, WI artists Shana McCaw (born 1974, Dubuque, IA) and Brent Budsberg (born 1976, Wausau, WI) have collaborated since 2001 in sculpture, performance, and site-specific installation, and more recently with photography and video. Their work examines the psychology of place, ancestral memory, and the passage of time. The two... go to artist page

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