Dario Robleto will present meticulously handcrafted objects that reference Victorian reliquaries and explore the effects of American wars upon our life. Known for melting down such carriers of shared history as old vinyl records to create his sculptures, Robleto continues this tradition of sampling by turning to the relics of war - shrapnel, soldiers’ love letters home, mourning clothing, and hair lockets - as his raw materials. The titles and elaborate lists of materials – including some almost impossible to fathom – indicate that beyond the virtuosity of the craft the works are sincere meditations on love, death, spirituality and ultimately healing.

For Dario Robleto, the healing power of art is a central concept best manifested by his interest in trench art, which encompasses objects made by prisoners of war or by soldiers convalescing from wounds as handicraft therapy. The carefully rearranged and conceptually loaded elements encourage us to use art as the means by which to examine our past and reconcile pains inflicted on individuals by the making of history.