Ice Ice Baby

We had an opening at my gallery (well, it's not my gallery, but I work there) and one of the main exhibitions was Corinna Mensoff's Exodus Populace, a beautiful meditation on family history and the immigrant experience involving cast iron elements, recycled metal constructions and multimedia.

Her manly half, Shan Sutherland, anchored the opposite end of the space with a surprisingly poetic installation comprised of a set of huge cast iron tongs suspended from the ceiling and an iron chair-like apparatus, both of which supported 150 lb. blocks of ice which melted into a large metal pan. The crafted permanence of the iron elements contrasted with the constantly changing ice, which took on new shapes and internal detailing as it melted. It was the kind of thing you had to be in the presence of to really get it, but I took a few camera phone snaps:

The completed, untitled installation.

At the end of the evening, just before the decision was made to take the ice down.

I wish I had some picture's Corinna's install, but it was an entire room, and really the kind of immersive experience that photos don't serve well.