Arthur Bruso

The collection of work in your new show ÆTHER is comprised of photograms as well as small box constructions with titles such as Pulsar, Dark Matter and Wormhole.

This small box is my interpretation of that final stage of success where the material in the alchemical flask has crystallized out of the flame into the “nature of the salamander” or to have become unaffected to further distillation, making it ready to become the Philosopher’s Stone. The small toy salamander is hovering over reddening (pink) material at the base of the box. It is held in place by the downward pointing stopper of the flask. The flask itself is represented by a

Each box construction in this collection is a small universe of its own. The materials employed are humble and often overlooked

Black holes have long held a fascination for me. The idea that all matter is going to be spiraling down a massive, insatiable hole