Like the before-and-after pictures in a weight-loss advertisement, Joseph Nease Gallery's Is/Was documented a transformation in two steps. The show paired a current piece from each exhibitor with an artwork created five years ago. Some artists' work was barely recognizable -- Susan White's "Inside the Box," a mesmerizing, videotaped field trip to a Tony's frozen pizza factory, looked like the work of a different artist when compared with "Pyrograph," her newer, burnt-paper piece. Even without the added interest of the then-and-now concept, Is/Was presented a solid body of work in a variety of media.
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