In his sculptures and photographs Michael Queenland (New York City) explores the legacies of radical social and political movements in the United States, often using everyday or ephemeral materials such as soap bubbles, brooms, and spider webs…
Queenland’s work conveys a sense of ephemera through a resistance to
overt representation, encouraging personal exploration and analytic
effort by the viewer. Through his sculptures, photographs, and
installations, he shifts traditional symbolic associations, abstracting
familiar objects without eliminating their original forms. The resulting works have an aura of mystery despite the familiarity of their content…