Virginia Overton: BUILT

‘Built’ was a solo exhibition of newly commissioned works by Virginia Overton that refashioned found materials with dynamism and potency. In succinct and elegant forms, often accompanied with wry humor, Overton addressed concepts of labor, economics, and the land in American society. Her choice of materials used in construction and fabrication – combined with her axiomatic approach to process – evoked narratives of self-reliance, creative constraints, and expediency.

Overton created new iterations of ongoing forms in her practice including altered pick-up trucks, a water feature, a truss “gem” sculpture, a suspended work, and a sign. These disparate works were united by a shared role as support structures, both in their materials’ original intent and in Overton’s new generative articulations. Elements like wooden support beams and metal trusses were repeated through the exhibition, revealing these materials’ multiple capacities.