Images from Aganetha Dyck's Exhibition. Introduction: Science, Art & Bees by Mark L. Winston. Nature as Language by Serena Keshavjee. Aganetha Dyck: The Living Skin by Juan Antonio Ramírez. Aganetha Dyck Bibliography by Rebecca Stillwell. Acknowledgements.
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While initially working with a range of sculptural media, including wool, buttons, and cigarettes, since 1991 Dyck has concentrated exclusively on placing ordinary objects in the apiary and allowing the bees to create wax and honeycomb encrusted sculptures. For Gallery One One One, Dyck extended her "collaborations" with the bees by focusing on inter-species communication. While scientists have learned that bees actually communicate through a kind of dance, in Dyck's sculpture the honeycomb depicts a visual form of their language. The honeycomb works both as an art object, and as a means of conveying information. This installation represents Dyck's effort to translate human language into a language of "nature." For information please contact Robert Epp
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