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.
Plate XVIII, 2002
Selena Kimball
From The Dreaming Life of Leonora de la Cruz
More disquieting collage art - this time from Selena Kimball. Her collage illustrations from The Dreaming Life of Leonora de la Cruz by Agniezka Taborska depict the surreal, sinister visions of a fictional 18th century Carmelite nun. I feel like I should make a creepy sound effect of some kind, but the collages are so lovely, it seems disrespectful. . . check out the subtle use of biological imagery throughout.
Plate II, 2000
Selena Kimball
From The Dreaming Life of Leonora de la Cruz
Humanities & Social Science
Comments
Whoah. That is some seriously spooky shit.
Posted by: PhysioProf | May 14, 2008 11:25 AM
Ernst has a posse!
Posted by: Michael | May 15, 2008 2:23 AM
Really fascinating.
Posted by: alexandra | May 15, 2008 11:41 AM
I was poking around on her site and she does have some neat work. It does bother me a bit, however, that she only obliquely mentions the originators of the style that she is appropriating. I suppose she might assume that the viewer 'gets it,' but the lack of overt mention troubles me a little. Without an awareness of pre-war art history, the viewer could easily assume that the aesthetic and technique originated with Kimball.
Posted by: Michael | May 15, 2008 3:17 PM