San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

California. Until 18 June 2011. http://www.sjica.org

This Spring Books special issue displays a selection of works from Size Matters, an exhibition featuring ten North American artists who address ideas of size and scale. The works view the world from unusual perspectives, from Ian Harvey and Koo Kyung Sook's wall-sized enamel and shellac mosaics of human figures to the miniscule sculptures of Dalton Ghetti, carved from the graphite points of pencils. Expressed in a range of media, including photographs, paintings and video, the works comment on biological building blocks, knowledge, emotions and the environment.

Size Matters: Figure 2 (2007) by Ian Harvey and Koo Kyung Sook. Credit: COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS AND JAYJAY, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

See http://go.nature.com/xonmwu for selected images.