bioephemera is art + biology - anything and everything from representations of science in art and literature to the neuroscience of aesthetics. Along with lots of other stuff that's just plain interesting.
Animal Logic 2007
Richard Barnes
Richard Barnes' Animal Logic collection depicts natural history museums in a state of after-hours undress. Half-installed dioramas, partially wrapped specimens, taxidermy animals in shipping crates. . . each photo has an illicit From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler feeling.
Barnes' work is a reminder that, all our suspension of disbelief aside, there's nothing natural about natural history museums. Context is everything - stick a dinosaur across the firepit from a Neanderthal, and you'll get a generation of kids who think "The Flintstones" qualifies as "educational television." In Barnes' photos, the deliberate nature of those choices are made obvious.
Animal Logic, 2007
Richard Barnes
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I want that as a coffee table book.
Posted by: Travis McDermott | May 2, 2008 6:20 PM