The BANNED & RECOVERED Online Exhibit
"The Origin of Species" by artist Barbara Kossy. Referenced work: The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Medium: Inkjet print.
Artist statement: Evolution is like gravity, it happens whether or not it’s noticed. It took Darwin, a keen observer and tireless documentarian, to put it all together and add it to the human experience as fact.
Evolution is about survival, and the flip side of survival is death. The birds here are behind a screen. The screen is death, circumstance, luck. Or perhaps it’s the fingerprint of the human species. The birds here have survived. They look at the viewer. Survival is not given, it’s earned. Can they continue to survive in the shadow of our species?
I used a macro lens to photograph color plates from Birds of America, edited by T. Gilbert Pearson and printed in 1936 by Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. The paintings for the plates were painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
All Rights Reserved - California Exhibition Resources Alliance
"The Origin of Species" by artist Barbara Kossy. Referenced work: The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Medium: Inkjet print.
Artist statement: Evolution is like gravity, it happens whether or not it’s noticed. It took Darwin, a keen observer and tireless documentarian, to put it all together and add it to the human experience as fact.
Evolution is about survival, and the flip side of survival is death. The birds here are behind a screen. The screen is death, circumstance, luck. Or perhaps it’s the fingerprint of the human species. The birds here have survived. They look at the viewer. Survival is not given, it’s earned. Can they continue to survive in the shadow of our species?
I used a macro lens to photograph color plates from Birds of America, edited by T. Gilbert Pearson and printed in 1936 by Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. The paintings for the plates were painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
All Rights Reserved - California Exhibition Resources Alliance