Faculty of Art
Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies
Elizabeth DeCoste
04 Osteological Effigies
Mixed Media
2022
Found animal bones, wood, with stone lithography on paper
Dimensions variable.
An installation piece combining found objects with their representations in stone lithography.
“An alternate form of investigation into my collected objects, this piece references scientific illustration. The object taxonomies are abstracted by alternating between micro and macro scales. The space between the real object and its representation becomes a place for investigation into how knowledge is produced and disseminated in Western institutional frameworks such as the museum.”
Work by
Elizabeth DeCoste
Life Studies and Printmaking/Publications
“My thesis project "Specufabula” explores Western knowledge systems found in scientific and museological histories. The term "Specufabula" references a neologism posed by Helen Palmer in her article...” [More]
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