A Complicated Dominion
>Photos< The current show at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery is “A Complicated Dominion: Nature & New Political Narratives.” Artists in the show are Tiffany Bozic, James Drake, Leiv Fagereng, Walton Ford and Tara Tucker.
Meg Shiffler, the curator & gallery director, describes the assembled works as “depicting an unnatural collision of culture and nature, demonstrating through the device of allegory our attempts to come to terms with contemporary responsibilities and attitudes toward the ever-evolving circumstances of our interdependent existence.”
Tiffany Bozic’s work “The Silent Dredge, 2007″ (a detail is shown above) depicts an unnaturally surreal assemblage of aquatic species from various ecologies entangled in a trolling net, which subtly illuminates the impact humankind has on it’s environment.
I first saw this work of Bozic’s at her exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences exhibit “From the Depths: Inspiring Art and Science,” and it shows strongly in this curated group show. The other works in the show work well together, which includes a beautiful forest sheep sculpture by Tara Tucker and video works by James Drake.
The show runs from June 12 - August 16, 2008.
A BYO brown bag discussion will take place at the gallery on Wednesday, July 23, 12 - 1 pm. Tiffany Bozic and Jack Dumbacher, Curator of Birds & Mammals at the California Academy of Sciences, will speak during this lunchtime conversation.
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