Hanging from the small gallery's ceiling is a spinning sculpture made up of everyday materials like forks, shoes and light bulbs. Anselm Keifer 's recent large woodcuts fill the vast gallery space. These are awesome works made of pieced together fragments of printed paper as well as the occasional collaged twig, stick or seeds. Keifer's works take on universal themes, and these landscape images overwhelm the viewer's field of vision. Lou's installations are full-sized renditions of a suburban Backyard and of a Kitchen .
Assemblage artists seem never to exhaust the art's possibilities.
Fifty-two works range from profound, lighthearted, elegant, humorous, biting, to pure invention. Curated by Frank Miller, the show is an upbeat experience, which begins immediately upon entering the gallery. Anniemarie Rawlinson's Transformation is riveting, dramatizing the innocent potential of babies who often must contend with a hostile society. Except hers is a Thorn Bear , whose edges are outlined meticulously in thorns, keeping cuddling at bay. Joe Strasser's Nascimiento is among the most beautifully constructed pieces.