''Styrobot'': Michael Salter's new exhibit is too much

Every conceivable size and shape of packing Styrofoam covered the floor of the Rice Gallery on Wednesday in a confusion of cultural refuse, from which Michael A. Salter sought to create order and beauty.His exhibit too much, which opened yesterday in Sewall Hall, consists partly of the gray walls covered in a sea of yellow graphic icons that resemble warning signs with isolated and abstract messages. One icon is an anthropomorphic ice cream cone with the grimace and gloves of a boxer. Another is a gumball machine containing an infant in utero. These images are adaptable to viewers' unique personal interpretations.