The works of both Cindy Neuschwander and Hiroyuki Hamada hover somewhere between painting and sculpture, transcending the definitions of these particular media. In many ways, both of these artists create works that are better understood by looking rather than by reading or describing. Neuschwander and Hamada both work with an intense focus on process, creating heavily worked, layered multimedia objects. The surfaces of their works consist of curious, unspecified materials, creating a sense of tension between what they are and what they seem to be. Each artist has succeeded in creating works that reflect a contemporary awareness; yet, the medium, genre, time, place, and cultural signifiers have been consciously neutralized.