Duncan MacKenzie, Pool, Cross, and Deer, mixed media, 2001.

Referencing real and imagined environments, the artists in slab present both natural and human-altered topographies as if they were cadavers awaiting dissection. These artists deal uniquely with contemporary landscape, positioning detailed environmental slices on horizontal sculptural supports. Embracing diorama and hobby miniaturist techniques, their fetishistic obsession with materials like gooey resins, finely milled plywood, translucent plastics, and foam foliage humorously transforms natural vistas into stage-like environments that reconfigure the concept of the sublime landscape.