Artist floor talk : art and climate change

English artist Mark Wilson and Icelandic artist Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir explored the provenance of stuffed polar bears in stately homes and museums in the UK. In Australia they further explore the cultural implications of humans coveting these exotic animals through taxidermy, while the polar bear i...

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Main Authors: Snaebjornsdottir, Bryndis, Wilson, Mark
Format: Conference Object
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
001 Knowledge
570 LIFE SCIENCES (BIOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY
ECOLOGY)
700 ARTS & RECREATION (collections
philosophy & education)
polar bear
Online Access:http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/1316/
http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/environment/files/2008/08/public-program.pdf
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Summary:English artist Mark Wilson and Icelandic artist Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir explored the provenance of stuffed polar bears in stately homes and museums in the UK. In Australia they further explore the cultural implications of humans coveting these exotic animals through taxidermy, while the polar bear is losing its habitat and facing extinction in nature.

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