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This piece is made of 250,000 aluminum strips that vary in size from 1x7" to 2x10", and are in six colors and two finishes; approximately 14,000 screws and hot glue. The work is placed on the floor and three walls spanning 3,000 square feet.

On display at the Weisman Art Museum as a part of "Sympathies" exhibition, which is on view from October 2nd through May 20, 2012.

Curated by Diane Mullin, the Weisman Art Museum (WAM) commissioned contemporary artists to present and respond to work in its collection. The series of exhibitions began as invitations to contemporary artists whose work seemed in some way sympathetic to aspects of the museum's collection. This work is specifically in dialogue with Frank Gehry's Weisman Art Museum. The work floods the museum space with reflected light.

Video

• View a video describing "Merge" at the Weisman Art Museum
• Weisman Art Museum by Frank Gehry from Architecture Minnesota

Press

• Koplos, Janet, “Sharon Louden Weisman Art Museum,” Art in America, March, 2012
• Regan, Sheila; “Sharon Louden and the art of squiggly lines,” City Pages Dressing Room, March 8, 2012
• Abbe, Mary, “Wild about the Weisman,” Star Tribune, December 9, 2011
• "Installation: Sharon Louden," Folly Magazine, October 2011
• Sparber, Max, "All this and Lemonade: the Weisman Reopens," Minn Post, October 4, 2011

Merge Compositions