The Frist Center for the Visual Arts announces an exhibit:
Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who invent humanlike, animal, or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteries, desires, and fears. Finding inspiration in sources ranging from Aesop’s Fables to the products of genetic experimentation, the artists in the exhibition examine interactions between nature and humanity in the context of oral and written lore, psychology, ethics, and visions of the future in both science and science fiction. The exhibition will include approximately 60 contemporary paintings, photographs, sculptures, and video works.
This exhibition is organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and curated by Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala.
The exhibition runs from February 24 to May 8, and then will travel to Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada: June 15–Sept. 9, 2012, and to the Glenbow Art Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Sept. 28–Jan. 2, 2013.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by Vanderbilt University Press.
The Frist Center is located at 919 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, from 10AM to 5:30PM, Thursday and Friday from 10AM to 9PM, and Sunday from 1 to 5:30PM. Admission is $10 for adults, free for children 18 and younger, and $7 for college students, seniors, and active military members.
Several related programs and workshops are listed on this page.