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False Branches #2
2001
21 x 40 in. (53.34 x 101.6 cm)
Alyson Shotz (Glendale, Arizona, 1964 - ) Primary
Indestructible Wonder (2016-2017)
Fascinated by physics, Alyson Shotz considers space, light, optics, and gravity in her artistic process. In her “False Branches” series, Shotz addressed the human impulse to manage and control nature through science and technology by modifying images of plants, flowers, and other organic forms. With the help of a computer, Shotz created futuristic hybrid organisms that sprout not only leaves and flowers, but also lily pads, cactus spines, and fungi. Her mutated renderings recall recent experiments in cloning and current practices in genetic engineering. By rejecting idealized representations of nature, Shotz challenged our perceptions of what is possible or impossible, true or false.
Indestructible Wonder, April 18, 2016 - January 29, 2017, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
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False Branches #2
Photograph
200121 x 40 in. (53.34 x 101.6 cm)
Alyson Shotz (Glendale, Arizona, 1964 - ) Primary
Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Jed Archer Cohen
Accession Number: 2014.11
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Indestructible Wonder (2016-2017)
Fascinated by physics, Alyson Shotz considers space, light, optics, and gravity in her artistic process. In her “False Branches” series, Shotz addressed the human impulse to manage and control nature through science and technology by modifying images of plants, flowers, and other organic forms. With the help of a computer, Shotz created futuristic hybrid organisms that sprout not only leaves and flowers, but also lily pads, cactus spines, and fungi. Her mutated renderings recall recent experiments in cloning and current practices in genetic engineering. By rejecting idealized representations of nature, Shotz challenged our perceptions of what is possible or impossible, true or false.
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Indestructible Wonder, April 18, 2016 - January 29, 2017, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
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