Flashpoint Gallery Past Exhibitions

Julie Comnick, According to Their Kind, installation view

Julie Comnick, According to Their Kind, installation view

Julie Comnick, Untitled (in-vitro), 2007, charcoal on paper, 12 x 14 inches; Untitled (fertilization), 2007, charcoal on paper, 14 x 12 inches; Untitled (elephants), 2006, charcoal on paper, 93 x 45 inches

Julie Comnick, Untitled (raft II), 2007, Untitled (raft II), 2007, charcoal on paper, 78 x 45 inches; Untitled (according to their kinds), 2007, charcoal on paper, 33 x 45 inches; Untitled (embryos), 2007, charcoal on paper, 14 x 12 inches

Julie Comnick, Untitled (your sons’ wives), 2006, charcoal on paper, 33 x 45 inches; Untitled (zebras), 2006, charcoal on paper, 93 x 45 inches; Untitled (oocyte), 2006 , charcoal on paper, 12 x 14 inches

January 4 – February 9, 2008
Julie Comnick’s large-scale charcoal drawings explore issues of selective breeding and the human impact on the course of evolution. The installation is comprised of five distinct series of drawings: quotations from the story of Noah’s Ark, depictions of animals paired and bound for breeding, tethered boats (arks), excerpts from modern reproductive medicine and magnifications of in vitro fertilization procedures. The juxtaposition of these images and text examine the mythical subtext of natural selection but leaves the viewer to reach their own conclusions about human intervention in nature’s plan.


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