The Paper Crane

My Gar­den Pets, an exhi­bi­tion of paint­ings by New York based artist Emi­lie Clark at the Brook­lyn Botanic Gar­den. This lus­cious body of work; water­color, graphite and ink on paper, is inspired by the research Ms. Clarke did on the work of 19th cen­tury nat­ural sci­en­tist Mary Treat, an expert on car­niv­o­rous plants. Clarkes work will be on view from Sat­ur­day March, 6th-May 31,2010

Below are some images of older work from Clarke’s show Maxwell’s Lair in 2009 at Mor­gan Lehman Gallery in NYC.

Clarke’s work sup­ports her con­tin­u­ing inter­est and exten­sive study of women nat­u­ral­ists from the 19th cen­tury. Maxwell’s Lair, is a body of mixed media paint­ings culled from the life of 19th cen­tury nat­u­ral­ist Martha Maxwell. “Maxwell killed and pre­pared most of the ani­mals in her col­lec­tion and dis­played them in nat­u­ral­is­tic dio­ra­mas that she cre­ated.  Her ded­i­ca­tion and devo­tion to her work par­al­lels that of an artist.  Clark’s paint­ings are derived from stuffed-animal hybrid sculp­tures she con­structs, in addi­tion to close obser­va­tion of actual specimens-living, taxi­der­mied and pickled.”(1)

Emi­lie Clark, received her Mas­ter of Fine Arts at Bard Col­lege in 2001 and has a Bach­e­lor of Fine Arts, Cor­nell Uni­ver­sity, Ithaca in 1991. Maxwell’s Lair is her sec­ond solo exhi­bi­tion at Mor­gan Lehman Gallery.

(1) quote taken from an excerpt on Hus­tler of Cul­ture, www.hustlerofculture.com

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