You Break It, You Buy It

An untitled piece is on display in the Marilyn Werby gallery at Cal State Long Beach in Laurence Barnett Rubin’s “You Break it, You Buy It” exhibition. The piece features keys hung on pegs. Rubin, a senior sculpture major, explained that keys serve two symbols — that of security and safety. The piece, he said, is a safe zone between his destructive pieces, and also represents a state of mind, as one cannot lose keys.

The Next Episode

The piece “The Next Episode” is exhibited at the Marilyn Werby gallery on Monday. The show was put on by the group A-O and combines elements of sculpture and metal. “The Next Episode” is a mixed media installation by fine arts metals major Khadiga Razzak and fine arts sculpture major Marissa Johnen and represents a “view of your reality and subconscious,” according to Razzak. "The Next Episode" runs from Monday to Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. On Wednesday the gallery will be open until 8 p.m.

A poem penned on the wall leading into the piece is intended to “spark your mind” and connect the reader with words before seeing the piece.

Reconstortion

“Reconstortion” is showcased at the Marilyn Werby Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. The piece is a collaboration between Briana Wilson, a fine arts 3-D video major, and Chris Velasco, pursuing a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in photography. The piece’s purpose is to “challenge the way the image is viewed or perceived,” Wilson said. It aims to be a “disturbed simulation of natural environment” and evoke “tranquility, peace, and escape” in the viewer, according to the artist’s statements.