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Buckingham has long been on the NoA radar, catching our eye a few years back after working on a sculptural representation of cinema's greatest quotes. The artist forges found metal to boldly present words and colors with instant associations to pop culture sensibilities and our own personal sensitivities. That he continues to explore his heavy metal wall sculptures on the scale that he does is admirable, and each new series finds the artist becoming more playful and provocative.

With close to 20 group and solo shows in the past five years, Buckingham has been busy. His work, although poppy, is surprisingly raw and visceral, the history and texture of his rigid materials is transformed into temporal currency.

With the title "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful," Buckingham mocks the seeming simplicity of his work, as well as hinting to the subject matter of the new group of words he's assembled.