Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck will work together to create an installation at the south windows of the National Building. The sculptural tableau will at first seem to be a straight-up representation of a pumpkin patch. However, closer inspection reveals something curious and sinister. The giant pumpkin is growing out of a tiny pot, and creepy imps are peering through cracks in the fence. Some bedevilment is at play here but it is unclear who will be the victim of the mischief. The seemingly harmless pastoral is simply a trap for viewers to be involved in an implied violence.

Feasley and Swenbeck are both members of Vox Populi Gallery, where both have had recent solo exhibitions; Feasley’s work was also included in East Meets West: ‘Folk’ and Fantasy from the Coasts at the ICA in 2001. The couple's last collaboration was seen at Project Room in Philadelphia; the installation, Ostrara, involved layered or obfuscated elements of menace and occult symbolism combined with a healthy dash of humor. Feasley and Swenbeck both hold BFAs from the Massachusetts College of Art.