BOTANICA: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants

Curated by Peter Spooner

January 18 - February 20, 2000

Curated by Peter Spooner, The Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota - Duluth, BOTANICA presents the current work of fifty artists, who consistently utilize forms, concepts, and systems from nature, and in particular, the plant world. These artists, who possess both national and international exhibition reputations, use botany as a point of departure, a primary subject, as an art material, and as a means of discussing relationships with nature and the environment, in a world of technology and industry.

Participating Artists: Dan Addington, Curtis Bartone, Ross Bleckner, Todd Blockley, Gloria DeFilipps Brush, Helen Chadwick, Mel Chin, Ann Connor, Gregory Crewdson, Tom Czarnopys, Peter Edlund, Leslie Fry, Lynn Geesaman, Henrick Hakansson, Alice Hargrave, Joseph Haske, Howard Hersh, Steven Heyman, Jean Humke, Sue Johnson, Terri Jones, Roberto Juarez, Diane Katsiaficas, Jackie Kazarian, Mary Jean Kenton, Barbara Kreft, Ann Klefstad/Jeff Kalstrom, Samm Kunce, Robert Kushner, Eve Andree Laramee, David Lefkowitz, Jacquelyn McBain, Barbara McCarren, Carolyn Ottmers, Michael Paha, John Pakosta, Dan Peterman, Ted Rettig, Holly Rittenhouse, Jim Rittiman, Alexis Rockman, Bill Schuck, Rosalyn Schwartz, Stan Shetka, Vincent Shine, Kiki Smith, Alan Sonfist, Michelle Stuart, Agneta Svensk, Philip Taaffe, Erika Wanenmacher, Darren Waterston, Meg Webster, Francis Yeatts Whitehead, Terry Winters, David Wojnarowicz, Andrew Young, and Keith Yurdana