Beyond the Wall, Marcie Miller Gross

Marcie Miller Gross’s installations are often studies of repetition, mass and void, physicality and weight, compression and release. She works with materials that she has a visceral connection with, and uses gestures like folding, stacking, and cutting to incrementally develop forms. Created specifically for this exhibition, Beyond the Wall takes its inspiration from a photograph made by the artist during time she spent in Berlin, Germany, a place she has considered extensively in her work since her GlogauAIR Art Residency there in 2016. This sculpture made of industrial felt recalls aspects of the Berlin Wall Memorial, and also the mass of dark green trees located in the cemetery beyond.