(in)Organic

October 13 – February 1, 2015
at the Racine Art Museum

Jeffery Lloyd Dever
Violet Midnight, 2013
Repurposed silk flower petals, wire, polymer, thread, cyanoacrylate, and ping pong ball
13 x 8 x 3 3/4 inches
Photography: Gregory R. Staley

Racine Art Museum is pleased to present (in)Organic open through February 1, 2015. This exhibition features artists investigating the biological through artificial materials, such as polymer or acrylic yarn, or organic-based media, like fibrous handmade paper, pencils, or ceramic. Whether exploring cellular structures or creating extraordinary representations of familiar forms, these artists create work that straddles the permeable lines between chaos and disorder, the beautiful and the monstrous, and the contained and pervasive.

Undeniably, the natural world is a popular and compelling area of interest and exploration for contemporary artists. In fact, as subject matter, the natural world has been a persistent and provocative theme throughout art and design history. What distinguishes the work of certain artists early in the twenty-first century is a desire to explore the connection between human beings and the larger, organic world through specific material choices and/or as a topic relating to growth, outgrowths, and perhaps, even an overabundant nature.

More About the Exhibition

Exhibition Notes (PDF)

Artists in the Exhibition

Harriete Estel Berman, Leslie Blackford, Peter Chang, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Jessica Drenk, Kathleen Dustin, Nora Fok, Jasmyne Graybill, Amy Gross, Maggie Maggio, Bruce Metcalf, Keizuke Mizuno, Jillian Moore, Masako Onodera, Katie Poterala, Leisa Rich, Michelle Samour, Bonnie Seeman, Melanie West, and Tatayna Yanishevsky