Chantal Crousel is presenting here in sculptural form a work of Allora & Calzadilla. This ephemeral froth stands as the remains of something that has come to pass, frozen in time, with the final balance of the scale left undetermined.
Occupying the main space of the gallery floor is 'Scale of Justice Carried by Shore Foam', 2010, a realistic hand crafted sculpture of shore foam, on top of which is positioned a readymade "Scale ofJustice" precariously out of balance atop the turbulent crest. This mass of bubbles of gas and air is given permanent form through the use of synthetic polymer foam, a chemical substrate found in everything from household, sport, and leisure products to transportation, industrial, and military applications. The image of shore foam has come to occupy the public imaginary more prominently in recent years as a result of countless media depictions of man made catastrophes from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the now annual flooding worldwide caused by global warming. With these ecological events cutting across national and territorial borders, the scale of justice has become an object of explicit struggle.
