Several of the artists will be present for the opening. Surveying one of the most important developments in art of the 1990s, the exhibition includes works by 13 major contemporary artists from the United States and Mexico. Each artist will be represented by a selection of sculptures in a variety of new materials, installed on the floor, on pedestals, on the wall and hung from the ceiling. The slinky tactility of crushed velvet, the fleshiness of rubber and wax, the skin-like tautness of vinyl and polyurethane film and the icy slickness of Plexiglas and polished resin make this an exhibition of sensual indulgence. McCracken, a leading figure in the Minimal art movement of the 1960s, has created a new polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood piece specifically for the exhibition.
Stockholder is acknowledged as one of today's most important and influential young sculptors.
Apfelbaum's dyed velvet floor pieces and Ball's colorful casts of the inside of plumbing fixtures are among the exhibition's most humorous works. Using common, brightly colored plastic items, Finley and Smith create sculptures of uncommon elegance. Stoll, on the other hand, reproduces familiar household items in wax and silk. The delicate hues of Rezac's wood pieces and Wiener's funky plaster forms contrast dramatically to the slick, color-saturated intensity of Snyder's and Glassford's constructions. A 56-page color catalog with essays by the curator and 15 UTSA graduate students will accompany the exhibition.