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...driftwood. “Taxidermy is interesting in how the animal becomes a replica and a representation of itself,” Lieberman says. “In my particular video, I address the relationship between the process of taxidermy as a mode of representation and art and sculpture.” During the event, the video installation will play alongside an actual taxidermied deer, highlighting how her work comments on the “politics of display” inherent in taxidermy...
Lieberman notes that it has been encouraging to see alumni artists coming back to participate in the project. As a graduating senior hoping to pursue a career in the arts, Lieberman wants Bizarre Animals to raise awareness of the abundance of contemporary art that is created on Harvard’s campus and beyond...
...hope that it will give people an opportunity to look at what young artists are making right now,” Lieberman says. “It’s important for people to see that there are artists in the Harvard community who make art, and there are alumni who go on and continue to make art...
...Good art—whether or not contemporary—can help people see the world in new ways,” she writes. “The Museum has a strong tradition of offering experiences at the nexus of art and science—from the exquisite models of botanical specimens, the Glass Flowers, to our recent photography exhibits. Bizarre Animals continues this tradition and takes it to a new level...
Right now we are going through a technological age, which is helping art because it’s so visual. We need to spend much more time increasing visual literacy, so that when you see a symbol you understand what it means. The younger generation is getting flooded with images, and they aren’t given the tools to understand them...