Su-Mei Tse Proposition de Détour, 2006, Peter Blum Gallery.

Applying the minimalist tradition of using industrial materials, Su-Mei Tse acquired a large wool carpet, had it professionally printed, and then cut it into the shape of a maze. The colorful rug, titled Proposition de Detour, measures nine meters (nearly 30 feet) in diameter and is the only object on display in the expansive, white Peter Blum Gallery.

The maze is a copy of an inlaid design found at the 12th century Chartres Cathedral in France. Historians suspect the maze warned parishioners about the entanglements of sin or as a mini-pilgrimage. The rug's print is from a 16th-century Persian carpet, which features stylized animals, birds, and plants found in images of paradise.

Born to a British mother and a Chinese father, Tse is accustomed to bridging cultures. By merging contrasting visual ideas of salvation, Tse has created a subtle meditation on the complexities of cultural relationships.