The exhibition Open House, on view April 1 - 21 at the Ohio Art League Gallery, welcomes visitors to a setting that is seemingly familiar, yet infinitely strange.

The show presents new work from artists Allison Buenger and Colin McDonald. These friends and graduates from the Ohio State University were brought together by curator Amy Koenig because of aesthetic and conceptual parallels in their work. In sculptural and video installations both artists utilize household objects - constructed and re-purposed - as entry points into a larger dialogue about the implications of domestic life. A mutual interest in the mundane binds the artists' work as a joint examination of habit, habitat, and habitant.

Common objects appear throughout the gallery. From a wall of hand-rolled toilet paper to columns of lamps balancing from floor to ceiling - the unseen becomes apparent and purpose disappears. "I'm really asking a question" states McDonald. "How can the objects and materials of modern society be presented in a way that calls for a renewed sense of discovery and exploration?"

Buenger sees household objects "as an interface between people and where they live." She believes "drawing attention to objects by changing the material composition and drastically eliminating or altering an object's function can illuminate the symbiotic relationship between occupier and space."