Wired for art

"Gail" (photogravure), by Liz Shepherd, in her show "Look Don't Look,'' at Boston Sculptors Gallery, through Sept. 29.

-- Image courtesy of the gallery

The gallery says the show features a collection of wearable wire sculptures “designed to both conceal and emphasize the person wearing them.’’ Artist Liz Shepherd invited 10 friends "of a certain age" to sit for portraits wearing the wire sculptures. “I wanted to see if their attitude about their appearance might be influenced by the experience of wearing an unusual, often flamboyant, object," she said. The exhibit also includes silkscreen images of the sculptures printed on mirrors so that visitors can view themselves through the lens of the artwork.