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December 2007 - January 2008

Michelle Stuart: Butterflies & Moths



Michelle Stuart
Andes Clearwing, 2006
Beeswax, ink, pigments, vellum, china paper
8.5 x 8.5 inches

 

 

Since the 1960s the distinguishing characteristic of Michelle Stuart’s artwork has been her identification with landscape and her lifelong interest in the environment and bio-diversity. Her installations, drawings, paintings and sculptures which often incorporate soil, seeds, and plants testify to the fascination exerted by the beauty and order of the natural world. Stuart often conceives her works in grids or multiple units and frequently creates her works on site. In this current exhibition, Butterflies & Moths, she records her observations indiaphanous layers of pigments, beeswax, silverleaf, and vellum, bringing to life the mysterious hidden structures of these delicate minute subjects and bridging the divide between the scientific and the artistic.