Extended Environments: Zoo Sites

March 29 - June 25, 2006

EXHIBITION OVERVIEW

Explore issues of containment and the creation of man-made environments for exotic animals in captivity through early press prints and the work of contemporary photographer, Volker Seding.

LIST OF WORKS

Elephant, 1985
chromogenic print

Toronto, Canada
Gift of the artist, 1999

Malay Tapir, 1985
chromogenic print

Brookfield, Illinois, USA
Gift of the artist, 1999

Leopard. Usti, Czechoslovakia
1992
chromogenic print
Gift of the artist, 1999

Volker Seding
Canadian, born 1943
African Grey Hornbills. Zurich, Switzerland
1992
chromogenic print
Gift of the artist, 1999

Volker Seding
Canadian, born 1943
Black Rhinoceros. Zurich, Switzerland
1992
chromogenic print
Gift of the artist, 1999

Volker Seding
Canadian, born 1943
Baboons. Arnhem, the Netherlands
1989
chromogenic print
Gift of the artist, 1999
Unknown: Associated Press, Berlin

[Elephant, New York Zoo] “A Dangerous Act”
1933
gelatin silver print
Anonymous gift, 2002
Unknown: Associated Press, Berlin

[Düsseldorf Zoo] “Josef Pallenberg, Sculptor and His Model”
1932
gelatin silver print
Anonymous gift, 2002
Unknown: Associated Press, Berlin

[Elephants, Berlin Zoo] “Morning Gymnastics”
1930s
gelatin silver print
Anonymous gift, 2002
Dr. Herbert Schmidt-Schaumberger
German, active 1930s

[Weighing Animals]
1930s
gelatin silver print
Anonymous gift, 2002