In GUNS!...…LOCKS!......CHAINS! Roz Dimon presents white-on-black digital drawings of guns printed on canvas. The inverted drawings purposefully create an x-ray-like illumination of the subject matter, if not for the viewer to analyze the inner mechanics of the weapon than to see what the object represents to the individual. The employment of digital media unambiguously couples with the subject matter, the drawing of machine with a machine. Dimon explains, “An important part of my process is revealing the paradoxical co-existence of forces; masculine and feminine, evil and good, in these iconic artifacts.”

Scott Geyer presents realistic still life oil paintings from his series Locks and Chains that he finds on his extensive walks throughout New York City in GUNS!...…LOCKS!......CHAINS!. The pieces unite contrasting light and shadow with complimentary colors into compelling compositions. Geyer’s detailed, close up depictions of weatherworn metal that people use to keep themselves, their property, and the city safe are objects that can represent both security and servitude. Geyer states, “My wish is that the viewer examines my paintings with their imagination and their experiences and then walk away with a new way of looking at the objects/images in the city.”

In his first exhibition with Carter Burden Gallery, Jay Moss presents detailed sculptures influenced by social issues, war, and peace in GUNS!...…LOCKS!......CHAINS!. Moss explains that, “Much of my work here is influenced by my experience in World War II. How can it not? But in addition to social commentary, I focus on, and ravish, the unexpected, the beauty and intensity that virtually surrounds us on our diverse planet.” The sculptures satirize his surroundings and instigate wonder, curiosity, and sometimes shock. Moss has worked both figuratively and abstractly, creating forms with a saw and chisel in a variety of woods that he then assembles with other materials, including lead, metal and cloth.