John Schlesinger

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"...the player to be named later." VisArts Center, Rockville MD 2019


A site-responsive installation rooted in the ceiling and the walls of the gallery. Made from twisted salvaged demolition rebar,

constructed of strangely-bent neon which mimics and riffs on the rebar. Recycled laboratory clamps hold the fragile neon close to the steel.

Cast bronze sculptures and resin-soaked photographs mounted to shattered glass complete the mix.


Independent of the usual neutral gallery lighting, the installation illuminates itself both from the back and the front...eerily

reminiscent of a deep-water fish living in darkness below the sunlight.



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