Purcell captures the diverse beauty, quirkiness and allure of eggs and the remarkable resourcefulness of birds, focusing on the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs.--Kurt Shaw, "Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
In a darkly comic celebration of celestial and earthly precipitations from the past, Marjory Wunsch and Rosamond Wolff Purcell present a dozen paintings and poems of historical and mythological events as viewed within the confines of the traditional snow globe. Rather than generic, nostalgic views of city skylines or White Christmases, the encapsulated territories in this collection become dangerous places where substances other than gentle snow may fall: volcanic ash, hail, birds, fish, or fog. Disasters range from the demise of the dinosaurs to the eruption of Vesuvius to the Battle of Agincourt.
The visual arts and sciences have a shared history of creativity and parallel paths of experimentation, goal seeking, and trial and error. Both disciplines employ innovative techniques and novel materials that help their practitioners develop new ideas, discoveries, and visual products. [RE]Imagining Science, a catalogue featuring art and science projects primarily based at Indiana University, highlights distinctive types of collaborations that occur within this genre of contemporary practice.
Photographs of animal exhibits from natural history museums show the various textures of nature, and are accompanied by brief discussions of the significance of each display
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