McCaw/Budsberg Collaborations

Recent Publicity

Click HERE to read the full article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Photo by Kevin Miyazaki

States of Matter is our recently-published book of images exploring the characters we created for our performance at Lynden Sculpture Garden in February. We worked more with these characters while we were in residence in Wendover UT with The Center for Land Use Interpretation. The book also includes an essay by Rafael Salas.

Preview the book online here:

NEWS! Our book will soon be part of the collection at the Nevada Museum of Art's Center for Art + Environment.

Click here to buy a copy!

Please also visit:
Residency blog: 1558 MILES TO WENDOVER

"Inside/Outside" at Lynden Sculpture Garden, February - April 2011. The show included large-scale photographs in the gallery and a site-specific installation on the grounds. The installation was created during a day-long performance by the artists in 19th century costume.

Please see the links at right for several articles about this exhibition.

Photos by Troy Freund

Exhibition view, "End of the Line," James Watrous Gallery, Madison WI, October 2010:

This exhibition was curated by John Loscuito.

"Untitled" and "Wedge," NML Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee WI, July 2010:

"Blot" and "Siding Studies 1-4," Nut Factory Open Studio, Milwaukee WI, February 2010:

"Pyre" and "Waiting (Boarded Up February 2010)," Nut Factory Open Studio, Milwaukee WI, February 2010:

"Reaction" and "Ground," Inova/Kenilworth, Milwaukee WI, October 2009:

"Descendant," Wright Museum of Art, Beloit WI, May 2009:

"Lost in Transit," Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee WI, March 2009:

"Draft" and "Unravel," Armoury Gallery, Milwaukee WI, March 2009 (The entire exhibition is available online at Armoury Online Gallery):

"Waiting," "Optimism," and "Quitely, in the Night," Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, February 2008:

"Getting Somewhere," Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI, September 2008:

"Red Light" and "Hour Glass," NML Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee WI, January 2008.

Artist Statement

Our work explores architecture as common ground upon which the conflicts and tensions linking past and present may quarrel. Old buildings are concrete evidence that our ancestors were once here, and they exhibit the patina of past work, ideals, and desires. Time travels through or perhaps around architecture, providing a way to see into the past. But the rippled windows of a long-forgotten house are also portals through which the past can see us. When we inhabit the structures built by our ancestors, we are surrounded by a kind of character that embodies the ideals and philosophies of the people who built them. These biases are imposed upon us as we walk dark and dusty halls. For some this provides a sense of continuity and pride, for others it is a burden - the principles of our ancestors often starkly contrast our own. These are the tensions, intersections and collisions of past and present that we endeavor to understand through our work.

Recent Publicity

Recent Work