Dr Sangeeta Sandrasegar
Die Ährenleserin und ihre Schlange, 2019
Cut paper, watercolour and glitter
31 x 41 cm
The series Bestarium 2019 draws upon the history of visual representation from scientific botanical and natural history illustrations, with classical Western art genres to examine the legacy of artistic vision upon ways of knowing the world around us. The cutouts draw upon the watercolours of Austrian master dyer Aloys Zötl’s Bestiarium, a series of exquisite paintings of various animals undertaken from 1831 through until his death in 1887. In Sandrasegar's re-interpreted Bestiarium 2019 these fantastical animals sit alongside sculptures from collections of various German museums in settings of the artists imagination.
The series Bestarium 2019 draws upon the history of visual representation from scientific botanical and natural history illustrations, with classical Western art genres to examine the legacy of artistic vision upon ways of knowing the world around us. The cutouts draw upon the watercolours of Austrian master dyer Aloys Zötl’s Bestiarium, a series of exquisite paintings of various animals undertaken from 1831 through until his death in 1887. In Sandrasegar's re-interpreted Bestiarium 2019 these fantastical animals sit alongside sculptures from collections of various German museums in settings of the artists imagination.