"Two of Wands was a collaborative exhibition between Adam Milner and Allison Smith, who met in Pittsburgh, PA, while Allison was living there in 2017-18. Adam’s practice focuses upon recollection, collections, and the act of collecting. He creates an ordering of the randomness of objects and memories as a means for recall and reconsideration of personal attributes and public manifestations. Allison ponders historical patterns, specific incidents, traditionally held beliefs, shared memories, and recent momentous events, as the attacks by white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA. She creates sculptures, installations, and performances to put forward redirected emphasis and reconsidered viewpoints.

The Two of Wands is the tarot card that signifies ideas of the couple or a pair as well as notions of potential and possibility. The title references a magic and a doubling which relates to many of the works Adam and Allison are creating for the exhibition. Both see the potentiality of objects – they resonate with vibrancy and have multiple meanings within them." -- Ann Albano, The Sculpture Center