Roger Hiorns September 18, 2010

London-based artist Roger Hiorns's captivating sculptural objects, installations, and performances exploit unusual materials to disquieting ends. Among the artist's principal preoccupations is the form of the engine--extracted from both automobiles and airplanes. In the most general terms, the engine is, for Hiorns, a metaphor for networks both inert and, potentially, threateningly alive.