We are constantly viewing images of animals, but the animal is always the one being observed and remains separate from man. a heightened understanding of our dualistic need for animals – as companions as well as commodities – has created a complex relationship between animal and man. This is especially evident when it comes to zoos and wildlife parks. these great monuments to an increasingly endangered menagerie of beasts are often tainted with the whiff of colonialism, of great white hunters. john berger, in his seminal essay ‘why look at animals?’ described them as a “living monument to their own disappearance”.
Artists include: simone bergantini / lisa strömbeck / ruth van beek / jason demarte / sandra birke / simen johan / kimberly witham / colleen plumb / giacomo brunelli / rebecca norris webb / martin usborne / anne berry / eric pillot / annie marie musselman / richard barnes / magda hueckel
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