Michelle Beevors: Anatomy Lessons
This special exhibition features life-sized sculptured animal skeletons that are inspired by natural history exhibits and reflect on our relationship with animals.
Special Exhibition
This special exhibition features life-sized sculptured animal skeletons that are inspired by natural history exhibits and reflect on our relationship with animals. From the giant giraffe whose head is raised to the windowed ceiling, to tiny frogs, the works are ethereal and haunting.
This is our first special exhibition in Animal Attic, our beloved gallery of Victorian taxidermy, the works encourage visitors to think about the history of collecting and the ongoing conservation challenges all species face.
The artist, Michele Beevors, is Dunedin local and internationally recognised. This series of sculptures began in 2005, and for over 15 years she has been adding to the collection of knitted anatomy as a part of practice which includes large scale fibreglass and feminist works.
This exhibition is one of sad splendour and the sorrowful realities of species loss and extinction.
