Figments and Phantoms

Figments and phantoms exist in our imaginations, but artists can bring them to life. In this exhibit, the body (or its absence) becomes haunting and strange.

Fragmented, distorted, or noticeably absent, the body haunts the work on view in this exhibition. The artists featured in “Figments and Phantoms” present the human figure as uncanny and strange through the use of staging, mirrors, and unexpected photographic processes. Empty boots, a hole in the ground, and firing range targets stand in for missing bodies. Banal, empty spaces are transformed into disconcerting environments suffused with the sense of a lost presence.

These figments and phantoms compel us to reimagine how we move through the world, engage with others, and occupy shared space.