John Miller at Studio for Propositional Cinema

"The Dark Ages"

John Miller's sculptural work at this gallery in Dusseldorf forces the viewer to take in the space of the gallery it is placed in, as well as the cultural context of this German gallery.  The small sculpture on the pedestal in the center of the room is a miniature depiction of old german architecture commonly found in old villages related to the dark ages.  Creating a work depicting a specific reference to the locations history is certainly relating to the cultural environment, while also sparking the conversation of the gallery location.  The shabby white brick, city style room that the sculpture is placed in the center in deserves a large part of the conversation of the piece, serving as a contemporary contrast to the historical specificity of the sculptures representation.  When looking at the expanded field of sculpture as discussed by Krauss, the entire piece may be viewed as incorporating a conversation of both architecture and not-architecture, or an "axiomatic structure".