![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Studio Construct 121](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/d87282441a4c0dc88d3f2fffd46c97d07a9ad9ad-2397x3000.jpg?w=800)
Bortolami Gallery is pleased to present Constructs, Abrasions, Melons and Cucumbers, an exhibition of works by Barbara Kasten and Justin Beal from June 21st to August 3rd with a reception for the artists on June 21st from 6-8p.m. The exhibition aims to underline the artists’ contrasting ways of “mis”- leading the audience’s first reading of their work. Though forty-two years apart in age, both artists are interested in challenging the potential of their chosen mediums; Kasten presents complex sculpture as photography; Beal incorporates architectural elements into sculptural works, as well as transforming natural objects into humorous constructs.
Works
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Studio Construct 121](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/d87282441a4c0dc88d3f2fffd46c97d07a9ad9ad-2397x3000.jpg?w=800)
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Low Shelf)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/d7b0f8029860679ad91b10f50919fb60475f6ba2-878x1219.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Low Shelf), 2012
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Middle Shelf)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/5366fd70a9f25ee666b5fbd6623f24c851047815-849x1280.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Middle Shelf), 2012
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Cucumber and Cantaloupes)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/3fb1dc34c8a3b16f60bec7c6c91496537889e87c-1374x1000.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Cucumber and Cantaloupes), 2012
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Middle Pole)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/cb00bcb188ece056577478060498484215889bbb-951x1272.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Middle Pole), 2012
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Cucumber and Cantaloupes)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/f23bcf3b1f8bac2e64af7b4e0a6d6958a63becf5-1000x1442.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Cucumber and Cantaloupes), 2012
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Untitled (Cucumber and Cantaloupes)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/c902aa0ce7738beef6d6cbee856afbc83d727fb2-1000x1500.jpg?w=800)
Untitled (Cucumber and Cantaloupes), 2012
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Studio Construct: Incidence 3](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/0a5e94218b1640bf04cf82aad6ed9203806a28ab-1875x2500.jpg?w=800)
Studio Construct: Incidence 3, 2009
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Studio Construct: Incidence 1](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/0dc07fc043e85b2e6c875c2644636fa045d6d019-1060x1312.jpg?w=800)
Studio Construct: Incidence 1, 2009
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Construct XIII](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/ef93af0e7400c4224d75b7c941253a2f9c1d024a-2072x2619.jpg?w=800)
Construct XIII, 1982
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Construct LB 5](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/b7000ec803d60d60b70c06950ed187996c34dc66-2411x3000.jpg?w=800)
Construct LB 5, 1982
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Construct XI A](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/5708ca9fbd067fe311ee1ba2f20594c5b54527c0-2369x3000.jpg?w=800)
Construct XI A, 1981
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Photogenic Painting Untitled 75/19](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/94506d954e97c0550598d6c60c94c7c7f1bae6e6-3636x2632.jpg?w=800)
Photogenic Painting Untitled 75/19, 1975
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Photogenic Painting Untitled 75/30](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/343fd0ffc92d2f394521a53989e29ec5ade24180-3000x2246.jpg?w=800)
Photogenic Painting Untitled 75/30, 1975
![Installation view of displayed artwork titled Photogenic Painting Untitled 75/31](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/mnub8q5m/production/6a3fe055da48c910051726d10a5394b4693eab02-1353x1000.jpg?w=800)