SAN JOSE, CA.- Size matters insofar as it tells us something about an object’s dimensions in relationship to other things. We understand the difference between what is small versus what is big due to a comparison between them. While our understanding of size is intrinsically tied to human scale, science and technology have opened new perspectives into the cosmic and infinitesimal, dramatically altering the way we understand ourselves in relation to an expansive universe. In organizing Size Matters we selected work that speaks to the conceptual and physical reaches of size. From the monumental to the microscopic, the ten contemporary artists create work in various proportions and forms and utilize scale to challenge and shift our perception of the world around us. Artists Gail Wight and Klari Reis enlarge the microscopic to render visible what is ordinarily invisible to the human eye. The larger than life figurative works of collaborators