Materials, Metaphors, Narratives describes the work of six contemporary artists united by a common ethos. Petah Coyne, Lesley Dill, Ken Price, Tom Sachs, Jeanne Silverthorne, and Fred Tomaselli are object makers first and foremost. Their choice of materials may vary, but for each of them the creative process is a hands-on proposition involving the empirical construction of objects and images that defy traditional categories of painting, sculpture, photography, and ceramic art. Their work, sometimes provocative, and always thought provoking, is often laced with irony and humor. Metaphor and narrative, subtle subtexts that vary considerably from individual to individual, affirm the work’s idiosyncratic nature while suggesting something more universal. As a group they tend to relegate technology and its hardware to the background, preferring diverse and sundry materials that can be manipulated and shaped by hand.