Georgia Scherman Projects is pleased to present Strip Cube the second solo exhibition by Ross Bell. Upon entering the gallery, viewers will be confronted with an eight foot 'hypercube', invited to interact with the obstructed space, and lured into stepping inside it. With left over materials from art packers' strip-crates and ubiquitous housing construction materials, the artist has built a series of exaggerated cubes, which playfully confound perceptions. It is a quirky, tongue-in-cheek exercise typical of Bell's ongoing and lovingly crafted explorations of twentieth century modernist sculpture. By reshaping enclosed visual space and creating a metaphysical conjunction of axes with maple and mirror, walnut and stainless steel, the viewer's presence is both sneakily erased and momentously evoked. Such personal dislocation draws on viewer-object interaction by appropriating notions of Smithson’s dislocation, Judd’s concerns for reductive form and Brancusi’s exploration of space.

Exhibition hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10am to 5pm, Saturday, 11am to 5pm, or by appointment. To schedule an interview, request images or obtain more information on the exhibition, please contact the gallery: 416.554.4112 or info@georgiascherman.com.