Washington State University Department of Fine Arts will host visual artist Kirsten Furlong for a lecture on Wednesday, October 8, at 5 p.m., in Kimbrough 101
Recent work by Kirsten Furlong, will highlight the artist’s practice which is an investigation of our culture’s multifaceted relationship to nature and the geography of human/animal interactions in urban and wilderness settings. In artworks fabricated using a variety of media, Furlong contemplates various issues about the natural world and the representation of animals and the environment. The drawings, photographs, and installations she creates are based on first-hand observations and internal responses to objects, illustrations, and texts about various species and ecological issues. In the work, animals serve as emblems of nature and as metaphors for human desires. She employs a series of visual strategies including detail, repetition, and patterns inspired by those seen in the natural world. Additional ideas and visual sampling come from the cultural, scientific, and historical models used to describe various landscapes, animals, and plants.
