WILD THINGS

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WILD THINGS Curators’ Quote

‘The word wild in the 13th century meant out of control.

In the 17th century it was used to describe intense

emotional states like wild with excitement and also, by

those more judgmental, ‘decivilized humans.’

For this exhibit we jump to the 21st century and add

things to the wild which include beautiful portraits of

animals through photography and paintings alongside

provocative environmental commentaries of the risk

to the wild on canvas. Self-portraits and jungle

pairings that elucidate the interior of the artist or

something much deeper share the stage with mother

nature in all her wild beauty.

In this century you cannot have wild things without

celebrities captured in all their wildness. So, add to

the mix several revered photographers who caught

the essence of wild whether it is Bowie with a wolf or

Lady Gaga in an underground burial ground or Kim

Kardashian in a coffin or Faye Dunaway with an Oscar

that in her mind could possibly kill her career.

Wild Things seemed the perfect exhibit to embrace the

spirit of women’s history month as without the

fierceness that the 13th century would reference as

being out of control which no doubt was attributed

solely to women, where would we be now?

Here’s to all the women through the centuries that had

to endure and to all the women in the 20th century that

made the difference. Here’s to all the ‘Wild Things.’”