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Every society accumulates contradictions amidst their ideals. Dietrich Wegner uses those contradictions, putting opposites together in large-scale sculpture that feed on the friction between two things that should not make sense together. He creates images that are safe and unsettling, abject and beautiful. He shows us how a mushroom cloud can resemble a tree house, an anus a vortex, a suicide bomber a vulnerable human being. In Homeland, an upcoming November exhibition at the Weston Art Gallery, Wegner creates an installation juxtaposing two disparate groups of iconography. A 20-foot dwelling displaces an image from childhood while other works examine and distort the human body, all in an effort to explore our varied states of contentment and security.
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dietrich@dietrichwegner.com