Penelope Gottlieb: The Invasive Plant
Date and Time
Friday Sep 6, 2019 Sunday Dec 8, 2019
Friday, September 6 - Sunday, December 8
Open Daily 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (Closed Wednesdays)
Location
Monterey Museum of Art
559 Pacific Street
Monterey,CA 93940
Fees/Admission
General Admission: $10
Museum Members/Children under 18/Students/Active Military: Free
Description
The “Invasive Plant” series appropriates and significantly alters existing print plates from the John James Audubon archive. In these paintings, Gottlieb reconsiders the iconic 19th century imagery by binding the classic Audubon birds with tightly woven bands of invasive plant species. The images stage an invasion of this historical imagery, enacting the ravages of a contemporary ecological phenomenon wherein non-native species are introduced into an environment and overtake the balance of its delicate ecosystem.