Body parts drape the Dreitzer Gallery. A garden of fingers grows from the floor as bodiless heads stare eerily into space. They could be looking at a number of things. Perhaps they see the enormous hand sprouting from the wall, the illuminated skull surrounded by cobwebs or the leg with a bouquet of roses emerging from the knee. But on Wednesday, the heads seemed largely oblivious to the many spectators, wine and cheese in hand, who came to see them during the opening for the spring sculpture show, on display through April 7. Including pieces from various arts classes, the exhibit centered predominantly around the human body.

Some of the sculptures were easier to understand than others. Jen Cotton's '07 "Self-Explanatory" depicted, as simply as possible, a wrecking ball striking a girl, while Shari Mendlowitz's (GRAD) two black, overlapping structures, inspired some debate. "You can see [this form at the top] as a mouth devouring-this other part is disappearing inside of the mouth," Patty Adams (GRAD) said.

Prof. Markus Baenziger (FA) disagreed: "It's shelter basically, where one figure can provide shelter to the other figure." Mendolowitz's decision to leave the piece untitled thus generated healthy analysis and new discovery.

Other artists provided in-depth feedback. Cory Clinton '06 explained the ideas behind his creation: a figure so meticulously constructed out of black trash bags that viewers can see every muscle in its body. "My piece is a tribute to futurism. It's futurism in a realistic setting," he said. "The position is taken from a sculpture called 'The Walking Man,' (by Auguste Rodin) in which the sculpture is all about motion and ascending toward the future. I don't know what mine is walking toward but it's definitely about motion and applying the body through segmentation with trash bags."

Among works not focusing on the human form was a clothesline full of dirty T-shirts by Adrienne Sprague '08 and Lily Elia '06, displaying messages such as "I [heart] the '80s" and "Do you want fries with that?" A piece by Ariel Plotkin '06 played with words as viewers peered inside the tiny holes of an enormous box. The periphery of the box read: "Every time you try to step outside the box you end up in another box."

The exhibit featured materials ranging from wood, metal, plaster, cloth and trash bags. Through mixed media and creativity, the spring sculpture exhibit is not to be missed, offering a great example of the talent residing within the Fine Art department at Brandeis.