2/6/2000
Unnatural Science
Mass MoCA, North Adams
The art in Unnatural Science exploits scientific narratives, practices and aesthetics. Humorous and irreverent, though scientifically well-informed, these recent installations, sculptures, video works, and photographs owe much to the playful art of Marcel Duchamp, Alfred Jarry and Raymond Roussel in their use of science as a springboard for fantasy. The explorations of botany, genetics, chemistry, physics and other sciences are both poetic and profound, beautiful and visionary.
The art in Unnatural Science exploits
scientific narratives, practices and
aesthetics. Humorous and irreverent,
though scientifically well-informed, these
recent installations, sculptures, video
works, and photographs owe much to the
playful art of Marcel Duchamp, Alfred Jarry
and Raymond Roussel in their use of
science as a springboard for fantasy. The
explorations of botany, genetics, chemistry,
physics and other sciences are both poetic
and profound, beautiful and visionary.
Drawn from the collections of artists,
galleries and museums all over the world,
the works in Unnatural Science hail a
significant trend in contemporary art - one
that not only demystifies, but also
poeticizes science.
This exhibition is made possible by the generous
support of The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation,
the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state
agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, a
federal agency, The Peter Norton Family
Foundation, and the LEF Foundation.
MASS MoCA 87 Marshall Street North Adams, Massachusettes 01247 413.MOCA.111