Emily Roz

Kohler Art Center, Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion and Anthropomorphism October 17 - June 5

John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion, and Anthropomorphism.
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
October 17, 2010 - June 5, 2011
https://www.jmkac.org/AnimalInstinct

Through the work of 48 artists, this stunning exhibition explores the human need to engage with animals, honor and fetishize them, attribute human qualities to them, and employ them as vehicles for allegory, fable, and myth.
Curated by Leslie Umberger

Animal Instinct is part of Animal Magnetism, an enthralling series of seven exhibitions exploring the dynamic and complex relationship between people and animals through paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and mixed-media works.

Artists included are: Bill Traylor (AL; 1854–1949); Shonto Begay (AZ); Richard Ross and Tara Tucker (CA); Jesse Aaron (FL; 1887–1979); Laurie Hogin, Mike Noland and Robert Lostutter (IL); Sachiko Akiyama, Cynthia Cosentino, Walton Ford, and Shelley Reed (MA); Julie Buffalohead, Star Wallowing Bull, and Andréa Stanislav (MN); Anne Lemanski (NC); Felipe Archuleta (1910–1991) (NM); John James Audubon (1785–1851), George Boorujy, Louise Bourgeois (1912–2010), Tricia Cline, Fay Ku, Ruth Marten, Emily Roz, Deborah Simon, Kiki Smith, and Kako Ueda (NY); Casey Riordan Millard (OH); Evan Harris, Josh Keyes, and Kate MacDowell (OR); Adelaide Paul (PA); Duane Slick (RI); Keith Carter and Lloyd Walsh (TX); Joe David, Sherry Markovitz, Preston Singletary, and Beth Cavener Stichter (WA); Gina Litherland, Roy Schaefer (deceased; dates unknown), Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, and Tom Uttech (WI); and Christine Sefolosha (Switzerland).