Highlighting the views of specific Brooklyn streetscapes near the Avenue N station, Brooklyn-based artist Lisa Sigal used photography to capture refractive images that multiply the appearance of a single transparent surface into many reflections of public, private, and commercial sites. Each horizontal, panoramic image is a single photograph shot at just the right angle and time of day.

"Push/Pull" functions as a still moment, while also referencing the instruction for passage from one place to another. The terms “push” and “pull” are also commonly used by painters; planes of color push or pull the eye creating depth in a picture. Fabricated in Queens by Depp Glass, "Push/Pull" is a tribute to the rich social and visual tapestry of Brooklyn. Sigal acknowledged the wonderful ability of people in the city, especially subway straphangers, who are able to negotiate close spaces, coexist gracefully, and travel from place to place comfortably throughout the city. 

Lisa Sigal's work sits at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Her constructions insinuate themselves into the fabric of the built environment. She will take a Sheetrock wall, cut into it, pull back sections, and poke a sightline through to a false or a found wall on which she has exposed or composed a painted surface. Sigal's work frames a view that often blurs the distinction between what is found and what is made, and ultimately what is real. The core of her work questions the formal and philosophical stability of structure.