danasherwoodstudio
Dana Sherwood
The crux and inspiration for much of my work is the collision of nature and artifice. It negotiates the balance between human and animal to interrogate the semiotics of desire and melancholia present in the intersection of the natural and material worlds. The work examines notions of abundance through a visual representation of excess and decadence.
Often depicting nature under manipulated conditions, and taking cues from historical vanitas painting, the work is, at heart, Memento Mori, but its multi faceted interpretation and unconventional methodology add layer upon layer of meaning. It is an act of surveillance, of delight and of complicity. Highlighting interspecies interaction and forging new pathways of communication, my projects underscore the blurring of boundaries between human and animal and the spaces we collectively inhabit.
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Tenebrio molito is a sculpture for "The Nature of Disappearance" show at Marianne Boesky Gallery on 24th street in New York. It is a confectionary creation, a plant, a mineral, and filled to the brim with Darkling Beetle Larve.
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Some action of the worms eating the cake at "Nature of Disappearance"
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These photos are of piece I made with my frequent collaborator and husband, Mark Dion. It is called "Encrustations" and was made for an exhibition called "International Orange" at Fort Point in San Francisco. I believe it will be up until September, 2012. The blue light in the installation shot is from blue gels placed on the windowpanes of this fabulous 19th century fort, that never saw any battles with armies and ammunition, but was constantly battling the Pacific Ocean and the extreme weather conditions just underneath Golden Gate Bridge. We imagined that these objects, some military and some domestic had been taken by the sea for 100 years then excavated, teeming with colonizing sea life.
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These are photos from a project I did in South Africa. I prepared a deluxe picnic tailored to the preferences of the wild baboon troops that frequent the southern cape. While working on this piece I discovered the charged politics of interspecies cohabitation between the two primate groups; baboon and human. It brought up some fascinating discussions on the nature of colonization and native vs. non-native/invasive interaction.
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