At first glance, Brian Burkhardt's sculptures of plants and animals look as if they belong in a botanical garden instead of a contemporary art gallery. The hyacinth, the starfish, and the tiny snails appear to be perfectly preserved specimens. But then you notice a Macintosh computer plug emerging from the roots of a foxglove, and that the pattern on the wings of a butterfly is an exact replica of Louis Vuitton luggage. "I want people to stand an inch away and say, ' Wait a minute, is that real or not?'," Burkhardt says. "I like that blurred line." More >