Statement
The works submitted are portions of multiple series within the over-arching concept of interspecific (cross species) relationships with respect to the human condition and identity. Informing the work is a sense of connectivity humans experience with animals spanning across specific boundaries, which often materializes itself in taxidermy, the main subject component of my work. In all my work, I seek to portray the conundrum taxidermy creates within discussions of the “natural” world, in an effort to explore not only human causality and connections to such “objects,” but also the place of humans in the same natural context which produced the animals, later preserved by them.
Two major conundrums are addressed in the overarching work: artificial evolution and trophy culture, both which involve the process of taxidermy. For example, the “nature” inside natural history museums poses a conceptual issue for the missions of such places, with respect to the artificial preservation of animals. Humans seem to affect the natural selection process through various acts, such as trophy hunting and genetic engineering. Considering the interconnectivity of human and non-human species in relation to my work, themes of heightened instinctual awareness and an integrated animality materialize into compositions addressing the duality of human nature.
Work Submitted
Kathleen Jones A Short History of Mammals 2010 Archival Inkjet Print 11 X 17 inches
Kathleen Jones Trophy 2010 Archival Inkjet Print 11 X 17 inches
Kathleen Jones Storage 2010 Archival Inkjet Print 11 X 17 inches
Kathleen Jones Bones 2009 Archival Inkjet Print 16 X 24 inches
Kathleen Jones 40 Million Years 2009 Archival Inkjet Print 16 X 24 inches
Kathleen Jones Forever Together 2009 Archival Inkjet Print 16 X 24 inches
Kathleen Jones Kingdom 2009 Archival Inkjet Print 16 X 40 inches
Kathleen Jones Species 2009 Archival Inkjet Print 16 X 27 inches
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