From the entry, a glimpse of the current exhibition can be seen through a new floor to ceiling cut in the party wall that once separated two adjacent industrial bays. Hovering above the rugged floor with exposed steel reinforcement, a simple white drywall liner moves in and out of large, medium and small viewing rooms as one continuous form, highlighting the displayed art in a variety of spaces. This white liner provides a stark contrast to the rustic patina above and below, questioning the stereotypically anemic treatment of spaces for art.
New plate glass window are mounted to the exterior, accentuating 12" deep concrete block from the inside, and creating the effect that the frameless windows are just "holes" in the wall. The effect elevates the stoic and grizzled character of the concrete block, inspiring a material reverence usually reserved for stone or brick. A new folded steel stair and mezzanine were inserted into the east bay. The steel is left raw, with welds, warts and stains left exposed. A reclaimed Douglas Fir floor came from a nearby warehouse that was being demolished.
Below the mezzanine, a colonnade of wooden dowels separate individual works of art from each other, creating a leggy and functional texture where the artworks in storage create their own pulsating installation.