In fifteen words or less, Roxy Paine’s wild-wood tangles of stainless steel reconcile the natural and manmade worlds. In theory, it’s a bit like glitzing up your Christmas tree with a lot of tinsel, but Paine’s informing idea is a good one: he takes the roles of “resource” and “product” and reverses them, manufacturing nature from man-made ingredients in an environment where it is intrinsically the opposite.

He has just taken down his rooftop installation from the Met (that’s THE Met) and is putting together a lil something permanent for the Smithsonian.  Oh, and he’s brainstorming for an exhibition at the Mill Gallery…

(Although he made us promise that if he brings his trees to the Mill, we won’t turn them into lumber…)