VIDEO: Wood, Paper, & Fiber

Untitled collapsing structure by artist Aeneas Wilder from the UMD Art Gallery's Wood, Paper, & Fiber exhibition.

Video by Jennifer Zachmann.

The Art Gallery and the Department of Art at the University of Maryland present Wood, Paper, & Fiber, a transformative exhibition of regional, national and international contemporary artists working with some of art’s most basic materials to create sculptural objects that transcend their elements and captivate the viewer.

The exhibition features sculptural works of art by artists Ben Butler, Chris Gilmour, Drew Goerlitz, Brian Lee, Pilar Ovalle, Aeneas Wilder, and Millicent Young. Wood, Paper, & Fiber curator, artist and Department of Art Professor Foon Sham, states his goal is to recognize common materials and how artists “skillfully transform these
materials into art of great beauty and deep resonance.”

This piece was created by Aeneas Wilder exclusively for Wood, Paper, & Fiber. The Scottish sculptor uses relatively simple stacking techniques to create a massive towering structure that looks far more complex upon completion. Wilder is best known for then collapsing the structure he worked so meticulously to build. In fact, the deconstruction of Wilder’s works has become an event in its own right as well as an internet sensation.