Chimera Series
Sue Hettmansperger

November 6 – December, 2007

A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to announce Chimera Series, a solo exhibition of paintings by Sue Hettmansperger. Focusing on the nature / culture interface, the imagery references the human body, botany, digital distortion, and manufactured objects. These hybrid images acknowledge a present ethos of genetic and digital manipulation, reflecting the complex relationship of humans to their environment. The work seeks to mirror a current cultural perspective in which boundaries between organisms are increasingly blurred, and our awareness of digitally altered images makes us question the truthfulness of what we see in visual culture. Musing on the interdependence of human and botanical, organic and inorganic systems in a conflicted embrace, the series provokes thought about cultural attitudes and perceptions of our place within nature.

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