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Jennifer Angus: Patterns of Insect Life
April 25 – October 3, 2010
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Culturally, insects have long been considered an unwanted aspect in our human environment. Artist Jennifer Angus challenges this notion by forcing her audience to confront the many apprehensions they have towards insects by creating a walk-in environment of dioramas and elegant wallpaper-like installations. This exhibition calls our attention to the inherent beauty of insects while exploring ideas of home and comfort.
As children we tend to have a greater sense of wonder for the insect world, collecting caterpillars, fireflies and spiders. But in time, this wonder dissipates, turning into disgust particularly when insects invade the confines of our home. Angus tries to recapture this magic by creating comforting wallpapered environments that could be in anyone's home. However, on closer inspection, one realizes that the intricate patterns before them are, in fact, insects artfully pinned to the wall. Angus has taken unwanted creatures, brought them in the "home" and made them once again objects of wonder.
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Jennifer Angus
Insecta
Fantasia, 2008-2009
Entomological
specimens
Photo courtesy
of Newark Museum
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The presentation of this exhibition at the Racine Art Museum was made possible by: Presenting Sponsors - Karen Johnson Boyd and William B. Boyd, RAM Society Members, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., The Hearst Foundation, Inc. and Windgate Charitable Foundation; Gold Sponsors - Racine United Arts Fund, The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, and Wisconsin Arts Board; Silver Sponsors - Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation and Real Racine; Bronze Sponsors - E. C. Styberg Foundation, Inc., In Sink Erator, Midwest Contemporary Glass Art Group, and Target  |
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