Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt

Since the late 1960s, Lanigan-Schmidt has been creating boisterous and flamboyant collages, assemblages and installations out of household items, dollar-store finds, and yards of cellophane, aluminum foil, tinsel and glitter. His byzantine opulence is put to the service of exploring religion, class and gay sexuality, though not in a way that takes itself too seriously: Visual pizzazz always comes first.