Jim Jacobs

Consider | Leah Ollman At first, they would seem to be opposites, graft and fray. One, the horticultural process Jim Jacobs has adapted to his sculptural practice, and the other, the title he chose for this exhibition. Graft, a matter of coming together. Fray, of coming apart. But Jacobs's work embodies and enacts countless transformations, and one of the most vital is the change in the way we perceive contrary states and elements. Opposites can and do co-exist. They might--as they do in these sculptures--even become allies, co-conspirators in undermining...