SR LejeuneHold me up

Machined aluminum and steel sculptures of three scissor gates and a sidewalk-style grate, altered so they no longer work as intended.

Lejeune builds sculptures by hand from light industrial machining processes such as tapping and milling, then bends and folds the parts so they lose reproducible function. Here they take the forms of a polished aluminum grate holding small cast pewter gum pieces, and a triptych of retractable scissor gates, one of which is altered so that expanding one part forces another to retract.

The show is Lejeune’s second solo presentation with the gallery, with a text by Zoey Kira Lubitz.

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