Exploring the interrelationships between interiors, exteriors and the unknown, the Zoller Gallery presents the Better Homes and Gardens exhibit.

Penn State graduates Ann Tarantino and Heather Darcy put together the show, which debuted September 2nd.

The exhibit is not similar at all to the magazine from which it takes its title.

The various artworks are made from a range of media, including sculpture, painting and yarn, and are meant to question and sometimes disturb.

"There is a common thread that runs throughout," Tarantino said. "All the work is hinging on an idea of what is safe and not safe and what you expect and what is unexpected."

Through works like a giant tea-cozy and trees cut from used bags, this exhibit allows the viewer to observe the everyday in foreign ways.

The 13 artists exhibiting were chosen for their abilities to construe interiors and exteriors and "play with those boundaries," Darcy said.

Tarantino said, "It's focusing on how the artists are looking at the idea of interior and exterior."

Most of the exhibitors live in New York, and they range from the emerging to the already established artists.

Although homes and gardens are very different between downtown Brooklyn and downtown State College, the show isn't intended for either particular crowd.

"It's a different audience," Tarantino said of State College, in comparison with New York.

The works are meant to doubt the sanctity of the home and display the encroachment of external powers on this formerly safe spot. Each observer views home in a different way, so the exhibit allows for individual interpretations.

"It is whatever speaks to you," Darcy said.

The show has been well received in State College and is looking to tour venues in New York.

Preston Link (junior-art) is a gallery attendant at Zoller. He describes the show as displaying "environmentalist art," and enjoys it for this reason.

Better Homes and Gardens will be on display until Sept. 26.

The gallery will feature both Tarantino and Darcy for a free talk about the works at the Palmer Museum of Art on Sept. 25, with a closing reception that evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Zoller Gallery.

All admissions are free.