Beverly Erdreich: Metaphor Boxes & Drawings January 12, 2010

After the events of September 11, Beverly Erdreich began to research topical issues as subjects for mixed media presentations of drawings, paintings and box-based constructions. The result is 'Metaphor Boxes and Drawings,' which challenges the viewer to consider the larger implications of the most important social and political concerns of our modern world. Her responses to these issues take the form of two-dimensional works accompanied by boxes she conceived and constructed in order to prompt the viewer's contemplation and involvement. The 15 pairs of works on view in this installation address subjects ranging from free speech and First Amendment Rights (Jury Box) and intolerance (In the Name of Box). In each case she includes visual and verbal allusions to the topic derived from history and the media.