Debra Weisberg: (Sub) Surface
Grand Staircase
August 2003 – January 2004
For (Sub) Surface, the latest in an ongoing series of site-specific installations in DeCordova's Grand Staircase, Boston sculptor Debra Weisberg radically violates the purity of the forty-foot tall elevator shaft wall. By introducing plaster and glass sculptural elements to the towering surface, the artist creates an illusion of potential catastrophe as the wall seems to be in the process of being blasted apart. The Museum, assumed to be an eternal storehouse of cultural treasures, will be shown to suffer the same fate as all architectural constructions: decay, dissolution, and eventual collapse. The rupturing skin of the white wall also references other forms in flux, like ice flows and geological formations. This exhibition is organized by Curator Nick Capasso.
Debra Weisberg received her BFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia. She has exhibited objects and installations in group and solo shows throughout New England since 1979.
