Labyrinth: Categories Under Construction

Texas State University Art Galleries San Marcos, TX 2009

Artist Statement:

“Following in the footsteps of her Natural History artist predecessors, Marjorie Moore creates a blended narrative of the past and future of the natural world. As part of her process she used the Texas State University entomology collections as a point of origin. Moore has created her own version of Wunderkammer, or Cabinets of Wonder, where categories are questioned and the boundaries between science, popular culture and art are eroded.”

From catalogue/calendar Texas State University Galleries

This installation further explored my interests in categories and the Wunderkammer. The industrial scaffolding was used to create ‘rooms’ that housed disparate objects, including my collection of toys, found specimens, and objects from past projects. The use of enlarged original drawings printed on mylar were stretched between the scaffolding to create ‘walls’.  By meandering through the gallery space the viewer could contemplate a variety of images and create their own categories.