Cory Sewelson

In his latest series of work, Thin Walls, Cory Sewelson explores the idea that the homes we live in are the portal or interface between two worlds.  One is the natural world in which all animals, including man, live and the other is the built world that we create.  The phrase “natural world”, is meant to refer to nature, to the earth.  "Built world” means the things we build and make, literally (buildings and cities) and abstractly (institutions and ideologies).

That being the core of the work, Mr. Sewelson stretches a bit to encompass various aspects of this interface.  The title of the series is a great starting point.  A wall is intended to keep two things separate.  Among these many dichotomies are civilized and wild, private and public, outer and inner, the individual and the group.  But the term, thin walls, also references cheap construction.  So the promise of a solid divide is not likely fulfilled.  The line between the two worlds definitely is definitely blurred.