The exhibition A Body of Others, presents a series of sculptures that explore what it means for an animal to be artificially contained as an impetus for human theory, experimentation and consumption—existing in a sanctioned world within the human factory and institution. This enquiry encompasses animals living within the confines of medical, scientific and industrial food complexes.
In the works, refurbished animal cages, salvaged from labs, clinics and industrial farms have been reconfigured to resemble human forms. These unsettling structures contain various species, meticulously crafted from wood and papier-mache. Their details finely rendered, they appear spectral and ethereal against their darkened figurative cages. The sculptures allude to animals unwillingly serving human needs–from becoming a “cheap” fast food product, to being scientifically observed, to being test subjects for the beauty industry and contemporary vaccines and medicines.
