A couple of large, sculptural pieces hanging from the ceiling, "Vertebrae: Grouping" and "Origins Unknown" by Rachel Schmidt, make quite a statement. Composed of wire and thread, they could be the insides of alien beings, with enough tissue and sinew left on the bone to be refleshed and animated at any moment. Schmidt's fabric and wood object, "You Get What You Pay For," is a red dress with a jumble of human hands grafted onto the skirt portion, reaching out, as if in pain or supplication.
Schmidt's mixed-media cluster of little wooden boxes, "Dr. Schmerlinger's Wunderkammer," uses discarded material from various other projects to create a haunting curio cabinet.
Lu Zhang's fascinating pieces in the show are white panels animated by minuscule dots of black tar gel forming intricate shapes and clusters that, like mysterious protozoans observed under a microscope, seem to swim across the surface.
