Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Ariel Wood exhibited their work in a solo show at Southwestern University’s Fine Art Gallery. The show, titled “porous,” takes as its primary point of reference the detention basins neighboring carceral facilities in Georgetown. These forms of infrastructure—sometimes themselves referred to as detention facilities—are stormwater management systems designed to temporarily collect runoff and release it gradually until fully drained. Typically dry, these concrete depressions punctuate the landscape with a brutalist austerity, their ambiguous function compounded by the uncanniness of government landscaping. Their work will be on view until March 26.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Ariel Wood exhibited their work in a solo show in Houston. The show, titled “rest, raze, cullect,” brings together three bodies of work, interconnected and interrelated, yet each inspired by a particular infrastructural situ. Transplanting them together at Lawndale Art Center showcases material shifts over time and conceptual throughlines. Their work will be on view until December 21. Learn more here.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Ariel Wood exhibited their work in a group show in Dallas. The show, titled “Sculpture School: Concrete,” was the culmination of a summer residency based on the theme of concrete. Their work will be on view at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park until November 16. View documentation images of the exhibition and accompanying catalog at sweetpasssculpturepark.com.