Gridlines, depicts electrical towers and lines stretched across the vast open space of the American West. Vistas interrupted by these strange sculptural objects are dramatically altered, unsettling the viewer’s preconceptions of reality, by revealing patterns of beauty within a subject culturally regarded as ugly. In the 1920’s and 30’s their visual presence was welcomed.  The technology seemed to be from a futuristic fiction, made up of bizarre giants with Rube Goldberg devices to connect us to the happy convenience of a modern world. No one thought about how they irrevocably changed the views they traveled through or how looking at these structures could create in us a sense of discomfort. Sizzling wires can create instantaneous death. We tend to ignore these structures. They disturb our notions of both the natural and man-made landscape. Yet, their endurance in the environment offers the chance to see the effects our zeal for the products of modern consumption have on unspoiled territory.