Walls covered in tinfoil, little silver figures and a machine that can break a human arm are just a few of the works of art that can be seen in the lobby of the Visual Arts Building.

A group of students created an exhibit in protest of Zoller Gallery's juried exhibition Monday night. Both exhibits are open through Feb. 23.

The protest exhibition is entitled Zoller des Refusés, in honor of the famous French Salon des Refusés, a 20th century collection of art that arose as a reaction against a juried exhibit in which many of the works were rejected, Charles Garoian, director of the School of Visual Arts, said.

"The reason permission was given for this was to provide the students with a voice and an opportunity to enter into a dialogue where audience members can see the exhibitions side by side," Garoian said.

Kathleen Cullen, a New York City gallery director who juried the Zoller Gallery Exhibition, referred to some of the students who complained when she rejected their work as "pompous."

Matt Synder (senior-sculpture) said Cullen was overly critical.

Although much of the art featured in Zoller des Refusés was rejected by Cullen, some pieces were simply withdrawn from the juried exhibit when the idea for the alternate exhibit came along, Snyder said.

"She wanted to alter an original piece, but Chris didn't want his work compromised," Snyder said, referring to Chris Donadio (junior-sculpture), who withdrew his piece from the Zoller exhibit.

One of Snyder's works featured in the exhibit is a machine he designed. It fits perfectly on his arm, and by turning a wheel on it he should be able to break his arm, he said. Snyder has never broken a bone in his life and the mechanism is a protest against the sheltered lifestyle of America's youth, he added.

Also on display was a preview of a lunar mission film made by the Sculpture Club and an army of little silver figures.

"They just migrated to the area because they were interested in the video," Jakub Makalowski (senior-sculpture) said.

The tinfoil on the walls, though it seemed fitting, didn't have anything to do with the space video.

"It's really more like spite foil. We don't even like tinfoil," Snyder said.