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February 17 - May 30, 2005
Artists have used nature as a metaphor for exploring the human condition for thousands of years, in works ranging from enigmatic paintings on cave walls to interactive works of digital media. In
Natural Reflections
, four artists—Binh Danh, Claudia Hart, Vanessa Renwick, and John Slepian—examine the boundaries of our ideas of "natural" and "unnatural" and the ways in which human experience both constructs and constrains our understanding of the world around us. Are we really part of nature? Are humanity and nature growing farther apart as our technologies, and the powers they give us, continue to grow and expand?
The artworks featured in this exhibition use ideas of nature to illuminate fundamental issues of human cultures. The transitory quality of existence, the illusory permanence of history, the relationship between predator and prey, and even our perception of time itself—all are reflected in these innovative works.
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