Barbara Weissberger investigates the continuum between nature and culture by constructing images from fragments of muscle magazines and her own photographs of hamburgers, crocheted blankets, butterflies and other natural and artificial imagery. Each work is based on a preliminary collage and takes its final form as a watercolor drawing.   Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma have both informed her muscle-meaty inventions.  Recent shows include PCA, Pittsburgh, PA (solo April/May 2007); Capsule Gallery, NYC (solo); The Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; PS1, Long Island City, NY; White Columns, NY, NY and the traveling exhibition Figures of Thinking.  Numerous residencies include MacDowell, Yaddo, VCCA and Montana Artists Refuge. Her work appears on the cover of the innaugural issue of Meatpaper. She was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2007.