Washington, DC
Transformer
In 2004, Transformer launched its “Exercise” program—a peer critique and mentorship program culminating in short exhibitions for participating artists. As last year’s roster attested, the program continues to thrive as a dynamic incubator. In successive offerings, Oreen Cohen, Lindsay Rowinski, and Sean Lundgren mounted distinct and thought-provoking interpretations of the space. All three engineered big and bold interventions that, true to the gallery’s name, transformed limited cubic footage into a mind-expanding venue. On first impression, Cohen’s Running Drill resembled a giant cruciform hoisted onto the gallery’s central beam. Ending in a baptismal font-like basin, the sculpture gave way to clay soil on the floor below…see the entire review in the print version of September’s Sculpture magazine.
