Please stop by the gallery this week to see Nyugen E. Smith's (@bundlehouse) solo show, "Bundlehouse: Just When You Thought It Was Safe." The exhibition is on view until Saturday, Oct. 8th! Gallery hours are Wed — Sat, 12 - 6 pm.⁠ ⁠ Smith's assemblages are nest-like, created based on what is readily available. Despite the hodge-podge aesthetic, there is an emotional weight and illusion of haste to the fastidiously constructed work. Wires and string are pulled tense and taut, ostensibly containing the interior. The structures are sometimes propped on stilts or legs.⁠ ⁠ The artist follows in the footsteps of the 1960s California assemblage movement. After the 1965 Watts rebellions, artists like John Outterbridge and Betye Saar radicalized their process by retrieving detritus and discarded materials.⁠ ⁠ Pictured: Nyugen E. Smith / "Bundlehouse: Fun and Games, Huh?," (detail) 2022 / Oil pastel, oil stick, gesso, acrylic, watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, collage, fabric, canvas, lace, net, and canvas on paper / 50 x 36 x 1 1/4 in (127 x 91.4 x 3.2 cm)