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One Magnificent Failure
The intricate web of life: art, science, music, words, sex, psychology, chemistry, creativity, communication, confusion, and the little lessons in between… (with an occasional Cephalopod).
The intricate web of life: art, science, music, words, sex, psychology, chemistry, creativity, communication, confusion, and the little lessons in between… (with an occasional Cephalopod).

ART: SHEN SAHOMIN Unknown Creatures

Shen Shaomin (B. 1956) adopts the role of anthropologist, scientist, and author of his own fabricated mythologies. Constructed from animal bones, the sculptures in his series Unknown Creatures collectively create a bestiary of fictional creatures that are wondrous, frightening, and strange. Reminiscent of Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, Shen’s assemblages exude an ancient wisdom, authenticating the magic of fable and folklore, while alluding to contemporary issues of genetic modification, consequence of environmental threat, and concepts of the alien and exotic.

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