Please mark your calendar for our upcoming exhibition by artist Lindsey Stouffer, O-VOID, Ovoid, Oh (the) void. The exhibition opening will take place Friday, April 3rd, 6-8 pm with opening remarks at 6:45. Lindsey will also be giving a talk about her work in Sverdrup 123 at 12 noon the day of the opening. We're looking forward to seeing you again!
 

O-VOID — a game in which players avoid obstacles within spinning circles.
Ovoid — an egg-shaped form.
Oh (the) void — an utterance.
 

This exhibition gathers these meanings into a suspended world—held in tension, sometimes in balance, always susceptible to disturbance. Drawing from the myth of Leda and the swan, the carousel ring grab, and an advancing army of unicorns, the works construct a provisional equilibrium. A shift as light as a breeze could recalibrate the whole.
 

The sculptures and their viewers act upon one another, capable of instigating chain reactions. In this way, the works and those who encounter them inhabit the same unstable field.
 

Leda’s presence is implied. Instead, we are presented with Zeus: the swan emerging from a golden egg. The egg—rendered as a zeppelin—suggests transformation, though of what kind remains uncertain. The ring grab, an oversized brass ring, hangs in precarious counterweight to the offal of industry. In the background, an army of unicorns advances, perpetually unsettled by a glitter-studded gear that grinds as it turns.
 

Beneath this apparent chaos lies a persistent aspiration: to render it intelligible. Geometric description becomes a method of containment—a way to hold what might otherwise overwhelm. As in Ovid's Metamorphoses, transformation is never neutral; emergence carries consequence.
 

As always, the events at the Hunt Gallery are free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of the Missouri Arts Council, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, DADAH and The Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts.
 

Even if you can't make it to the opening, the gallery is open: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5pm. This exhibition runs until May 1st, 2026.