Mary Hong's Dream Catcher II

A perfectly square canvas work, Mary Hong's Dream Catcher II arrives in a considered depth of two inches — shallow enough to read as relief, substantial enough to command a wall. The vitreous finish lends the surface an almost liquid luminosity, while silver leaf moves beneath and across it with the restlessness of light on water. John Richard has framed the composition in wood with characteristic restraint, and the tempered glass seals the whole into an object that feels at once archival and alive.