Aunrico Gatson's video sculptures reference puritanical design while exposing the origins of stereotypes in American society. These works appear initially as simple, elegantly crafted black and white structures, yet the maniacal, muffled soundtrack hints at monstrous characters contained within.

The viewer is forced to interact with the objects in order to witness the videos, which utilize images such as the blackfaced minstrel, reversed, as a "given" cultural image.

This work tempers an emotive terrain with a simple, formal approach to black and white. As the artist quietly asserts, "I am interested in these colors both formally and symbolically."

Aunrico Gatson received an MFA from Yale School of Art and a BA from Bethel College, St. Paul, MN. Following his exhibition at Momenta, Gatson participated in numerous exhibitions, including Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, Hybro Video, Exit Art, NYC, and solo exhibitions at Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY, and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC. He was an Artist in Residence at Franconia Sculpture Park, St. Paul, MN.