While George Bush tries to rearrange the Middle East, Christy Rupp has set about rearranging the shelves of Walmart, and other gargantuan shopportunities. Two bodies of work comprise this collection of artifacts, subtitled "Made in China & Made in USA".

Featuring numerous sets of barely visible glass hands clutching products, the "Made in China" series presents toys, clothing, hardware, computer parts, and kitchen accessories, some of the countless things churned out by the Chinese manufacturing enterprise that is redefining the way the rest of the world acquires.

What is there left for the US to manufacture and export? US commerce today is that of manufacturers who don't make anything, and retailers who don't touch anything they sell- the big box style for moving the goods. We are a country so overextended that few of us can afford even a personal shoplifter, much less a conscience.