Beltchenko’s sculpture is part of a series of works that addresses how our past experience tends to cloud our ability to find new meaning in that which is familiar. We have a tendency to see what we have always seen. Xs & O represents the disassembling of something both universally familiar and versatile in its use and presents it in a bold and striking configuration.
Originally part of the SterlingScapes II Exhibition (Fall 2001-Spring 2004), Xs & O was purchased by the Sterling Heights Community Foundation and the City of Sterling Heights for permanent display in 2003.