In 2015, the Halsey Institute presented Force of Nature, a solo exhibition of work by Alyson Shotz. A year later, she created a public installation called Scattering Screen.

Scattering Screen was a site-specific commission for the San Antonio Botanical Garden by Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum in 2016. The work is now in the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The work is an intricate and delicate wall of stainless-steel circles woven together. The work interacts with its surroundings by reflecting and distorting the natural world into tiny, shifting pieces. It questions the solidity of the its surroundings and weaves a new perception of reality.

Learn more about the project here.

Alyson Shotz, Scattering Screen, 2016 Stainless steel and stainless steel wire h. 108 in x w. 216 in x d. 28 in (274 x 548 x 71 cm) Photos: Stephen Ironside and Jacqueline McGilvray Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

 

Alyson Shotz, Scattering Screen [detail], 2016 Stainless steel and stainless steel wire h. 108 in x w. 216 in x d. 28 in (274 x 548 x 71 cm) Photos: Stephen Ironside and Jacqueline McGilvray Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

-by Madeleine Mitchell, Halsey Institute intern