Freak of Nature
Conceptualized by Lisa Ostapinski / Co-Curated by Lisa Ostapinski and Gabe Scott
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- Event has passed (Thu Nov 6, 2008 - Sat Nov 29, 2008)
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- Galleries, Painting & Drawing, Mixed Media
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The artists of “Freak of Nature” adopt natural imagery as a central point of inquiry in their work. Expressions of human, plant, animal, insect life and landscape range from the realistic, mutated, beautiful, cliché, surreal, psychedelic, romantic and kitsch. This reflects a range of responses to the current sentiment of ecological disaster and genetic modification; including appreciation of the elegance of natural forms as well as disenchantment with environmentalist ideals. The use of visual references to science textbooks and commercial illustration are utilized to comment on the commoditization of natural life as an abstract entity to be manipulated.Artists included in exhibition:
Alison Kendall
Amanda Smith
Alexis Mackenzie
Henry Gunderson
Colleen Sanders
Casey Jex Smith
Christopher Russell
Matthew Hart
Andrew Schoultz
Hilary Pecis
Lisa Ostapinski
Hannah Stouffer
Scott Hewicker
Josh Keyes
Jacob Tillman
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