For her ambitious installation at Triple Base, Suzanne Husky has crafted a series of soft sculptures that include Chinese factory workers, Mexican laborers, “counter-mainstream hipsters”, and a series of inventive Berkeley “eco-heroes.” The work depicts extreme labor, oppression, community, superficiality, unmindful expending of resources, and white guilt. This show is sure to entertain if you like stories, using your imagination, and thinking critically about the world we live in today.

The artist explains, “In this project, the audience members are invited to become visual anthropologists. What do the portraits of people, ideas, and scenes reveal about a sample of local culture and society? In each piece the details are based on observation and the analysis of the subject simultaneously captures a specific individual or concept as well as a broader lifestyle. As a whole, the growing inventory format of the installation unveils the nature and complexity of a community. The represented figures are striking in unusual ways and together reflect cultural diversity and environmental awareness.”

There will also be a Dinner Lecture Series event in conjunction with the exhibition.