Jeff Zimmerman, ‘Unique Sculpture with Pearlescent Orb and Hand-Blown Mirrorized Glass,’ 2015
Emma Kisiel holds a bachelor of fine arts with an emphasis in photography from the University of Colorado Denver. “At Rest” is a photographic series depicting roadkill on American highways and addressing our human fear of confronting death and viewing the dead. Kisiel’s images draw attention to the fact that, while man has a vast impact on animal and natural life, dominant American religions insist that animals do not have a place in Heaven and are, therefore, of little value in our society. To cause the viewer to feel struck by this truth, Kisiel photographs memorials she builds surrounding roadkill at the location at which its life was taken. “At Rest” expresses the sacredness to the bodies of animals accidentally hit by vehicles while crossing the road.
Select photographs from the series ‘IceShifts’ by artist Nicole Dextras
IceShifts is a series of photographs consisting of garments and botanicals frozen into large blocks of ice. Heads, hands and reproductive organs are substituted with plant materials and each title relates to a women’s name derived from a plant.
1. Luna - Photograph of Annual Honesty (Lunaria Annua), Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana), fabric, ice.
2. Maggie - Photograph of Magnolia leaves, Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila), roots, fabric, ice.
3. Myrtle - Photograph of Eucalyptus flowers (Myrtaceae), Poplar leaves (Salicaceae), Staghorn leaves, fabric, ice.
4. Laura - Photograph of skeletonized Laurel leaves, Birch bark, Deer skin, fabric, ice.
